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The New Yorker: Fiction

Dave Eggers Reads Sam Shepard

The New Yorker: Fiction

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Yorker, Wnyc, Literature, Books, New, Fiction, Arts

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dave Eggers joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Indianapolis (Highway 74)," by Sam Shepard, from a 2009 issue of the magazine. Eggers is the author of twelve books, including the novels "Heroes of the Frontier," "The Circle," and "The Wild Things." A new novel, "The Parade," will be published in March.

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0:00.0

This is the New Yorker Fiction Podcast from the New Yorker magazine.

0:08.4

I'm Debra Triesman, fiction editor at The New Yorker.

0:11.6

Each month we invite a writer to choose a story from the magazine's archives to read and

0:15.6

discuss.

0:16.9

This month we're going to hear Indianapolis Highway 74 by Sam Shepard, which was published

0:22.1

in the New Yorker in November of 2009.

0:25.0

Then she does an amazing thing.

0:27.0

She whips off the blue bandana and shakes out a mane of red hair that topples almost to

0:31.3

her waist.

0:33.1

Now it all comes back.

0:34.9

Oh, it's you, I say.

0:37.5

Still unable to attach a name.

0:39.6

The story was chosen by Dave Eggers, who's the author of 12 books, including The Novel's

0:43.9

A hologram for the King and Heroes of the Frontier, and the memoir A Heartbreaking Work

0:49.2

of Staggering Genius.

0:50.8

Hi, Dave.

0:52.6

Hey, Debra, how are you?

0:54.8

Welcome.

0:56.1

Tell me about you and Sam Shepard's work.

0:58.8

Are you a long, long time fan of his plays or his prose?

1:04.4

You know, I encountered the plays first.

1:09.2

It must have been when he was at the Magic Theater in San Francisco.

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