{"product_id":"sam-shepard-a-life-9781619029736","title":"Sam Shepard: A Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"John Winters offers a master class in literary sleuthing, untangling the many lives and unearthing the origin story of America's foremost Renaissance man of letters.\" --Kelly Horan, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDevotion and Defiance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than fifty-five plays to his credit--including the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child, an Oscar nod for his portrayal of Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff, and an onscreen persona that's been aptly summed up as \"Gary Cooper in denim\"--Sam Shepard's impact on American theater and film ranks with the greatest playwrights and actors of the past half-century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSam Shepard: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e gets to the heart of Sam Shepard, presenting a compelling and comprehensive account of his life and work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a new epilogue, added by the author after Shepard's untimely death in July of 2017, John J. Winters offers a glimpse into the enigmatic author's last days, when very few knew he was suffering from ALS. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent biography . . . Mr. Winters is especially good on the backstage of one of Mr. Shepard's most frequently revived works, True West . . . Mr. Winters has an interesting story to tell, and he recounts it ably, bringing us close to a figure who, he admits, avoids intimacy.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A new, thoroughly researched biography . . . Winters does indeed capture a personality more anxious and self-doubting than previous biographers have grasped.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Meticulously presents the facts of Shepard's complex life along with incisive descriptions and analyses of diverse productions of Shepard's demanding and innovative plays . . . Winters portrays Shepard as a magnetic, enigmatic, and multitalented artist drawing on a deep well of loneliness and self-questioning, keen attunement to the zeitgeist, and penetrating insight into human nature.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn J. Winters\u003c\/b\u003e is a veteran journalist, critic, and academic who has made Sam Shepard the focus of his scholarship. In addition to working for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and countless newspapers, Winters has placed work in \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt New England\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Providence Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRunner's World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRhode Island Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular contributor of reviews and commentary to Boston's National Public Radio affiliate, WBUR.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525022978322,"sku":"9781619029736","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_725a4477-16b1-43d6-b577-188b2d31ac94.jpg?v=1731199371","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sam-shepard-a-life-9781619029736","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}