Motel Chronicles
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Motel Chronicles reveals the fast-moving and sometimes surprising world of the man behind the plays that have made Sam Shepard a live legend in the theater. Shepard chronicles his own life birth in Illinois, childhood memories of Guam, Pasadena and rural Southern California, adventures as ranch hand, waiter, rock musician,…
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I will admit that Sam Shepard is one of my literary idols.
He is one of a very few with an equal facility and skill in developing characters, and in illuminating cogent insights as to human nature and its flaws.
Like many of his books, this is a collection of short stories, vignettes, character sketches, and travelogue—and the variety of voices he uses in crafting each piece is a minor miracle in itself.
Here again, if you’re a writer, you can take a masters class on Sam Shepard by starting with this volume. You’ll find some stories so lean and…
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