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Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. Gifford writes nonfiction, poetry, and is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a perpetual ...
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Barry Gifford has been writing the story of America in acclaimed novel after acclaimed novel for the last half-century. At the same time, he’s been writing short stories, his “Roy stories,” that show America from a different vantage point, a certain mix of innocence and worldliness.
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Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers.
He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry, including Imagining Paradise: New and Selected Poems (Seven Stories Press, 2012), Ghosts No Horse Can Carry: Collected Poems 1967–1987 (Creative Arts Book Company, 1989), and The Boy You Have Always Loved (Talon Books, 1976).
Jun 28, 2021 · Black Lizard’s influence is still felt today and can be glimpsed in the operations of such boutique publishing houses as Hard Case Crime and NYRB Classics. I recently spoke with Gifford about the history and legacy of Black Lizard, as well as his deep personal connection to noir and crime fiction.
Nov 9, 2021 · Writer Barry Gifford, who inspired David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ and ‘Lost Highway,’ gets a movie from his Chicago years. Ulf Andersen/Getty. American writer Barry Gifford in Paris, France,...
Nov 8, 2021 · Advertisement. Barry Gifford is the acclaimed author perhaps best known to movie buffs for writing the book Wild at Heart that David Lynch adapted into 1990’s Palme d’Or winner of the same name, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as fiercely devoted lovers Sailor and Lula.
