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How a Young Sam Shepard Vowed to Never Become His Father

How a Young Sam Shepard Vowed to Never Become His Father

“My history with booze goes back to high school. Back then there was a lot of Benzedrine around...”

By Robert Greenfield | April 11, 2023

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

On the Rock 'n' Roll Art of Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, and More

By Kembrew McLeod | October 19, 2018

We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks

We’ll Always Have Paris: My Time in Texas with Sam Shepard's Notebooks

On a Big Sky Road Trip Into the Heart of America

By Madelaine Lucas | April 12, 2018

Notable Literary Deaths in 2017

Notable Literary Deaths in 2017

A Last Goodbye to the Authors and Editors We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2017

Spy of the First Person

Spy of the First Person

Sam Shepard

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 6, 2017

Sam Shepard on Writing, Reading, and the Promise of Eternal Love

Sam Shepard on Writing, Reading, and the Promise of Eternal Love

From his Letters to Johnny Dark

By Sam Shepard | August 2, 2017

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The Weird Stenographer: Sam Shepard on His Long Writing Life

By Emily Temple | August 1, 2017

I Bought Sam Shepard's Clothes Off the Internet

By John Winters | June 30, 2017

At Knopf's 100th Birthday: James Ellroy Preaches, Patti Smith Sings

By Jonny Diamond | October 2, 2015