{"id":113274,"date":"2017-07-31T15:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=113274"},"modified":"2017-08-05T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T18:26:20","slug":"sam-shepard-1943-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/31\/sam-shepard-1943-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Shepard, 1943\u20132017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_113282\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113282\" class=\"size-large wp-image-113282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/samshepard.jpg 1626w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-113282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Shepard, 1983.\u00a0Photo: Steve Ringman, SHN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We were sad to learn that Sam Shepard died on Thursday, at age seventy-three. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/1281\/sam-shepard-the-art-of-theater-no-12-sam-shepard\" target=\"_blank\">Shepard\u2019s Writers at Work interview<\/a>\u00a0was published in the\u00a0Spring 1997 issue of <em>The Paris Review<\/em>. In it, he spoke about endings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That\u2019s genius. Somebody told me once that\u00a0<em>fugue <\/em>means to flee, so that Bach\u2019s melody lines are like he\u2019s running away.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read more from the Art of Theater No. 12 with Shepard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/1281\/sam-shepard-the-art-of-theater-no-12-sam-shepard\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were sad to learn that Sam Shepard died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. 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