Making Sam Shepard New Mexico by Aaron Kenedi and John Miller

This book, edited and designed by me and John Miller, features select work from playwright Sam Shepard and acclaimed phtographs from Ed Ruscha during their separate experiences in New Mexico. Beginning with Motel Chronicles in 1982, Shepard—the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, screenwriter, actor, and director—spent time crisscrossing the deserts of New Mexico, living in hotels and on the road, writing about life in the southwest.Twenty years earlier, the acclaimed artist Ed Ruscha traversed the same territory, creating ghostly images of New Mexico gas stations immortalized in his seminal book Twentysix Gasoline Stations. This special volume pairs the artwork of these two restless storytellers, combining their considerable talents to paint a fascinating portrait of New Mexico. Learn more about the book and how you can purchase a special author’s edition including a handmade custom wood slip case and signed by Ed Ruscha.