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   Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) [1] 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.

2. poets.org › poet › barry-giffordAbout Barry Gifford - Academy of American Poets

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   Barry Gifford was born on October 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved often and lived mostly in hotels, and he cites the characters he encountered in hotel lobbies as an early inspiration to write.

3. barrygifford.netBarry Gifford | Official website of Barry Gifford, author ...

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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.

4. www.latimes.com › books › la-ca-jc-barry-giffordBarry Gifford's lifetime of outsiders - Los Angeles Times

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   Mar 16, 2018 · Barry Gifford has spent a lifetime writing stories about outsiders, particularly the hard-living petty thieves Sailor and Lula, the basis for the David Lynch film “Wild at Heart.”

5. barrygifford.net › home-page-archiveHome Page Archive | Barry Gifford

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   Barry Gifford’s Sad Stories of the Death of Kings gleams like a stolen silver dollar; one boy’s search for wisdom among the hustlers, criminals, and wise guys that reads as evocatively as anything out of Nelson Algren.

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7. www.empireonline.com › people › barry-giffordBarry Gifford News & Biography - Empire

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   Apr 18, 2012 · Birthday: 17 Oct 1946. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American...

8. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › educational-magazinesGifford, Barry 1946- (Barry Colby Gifford) - Encyclopedia.com

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   PERSONAL: Born October 18, 1946, in Chicago, IL; married; children: two. Education: Attended University of Missouri, 1964-65; attended Cambridge University, 1966. ADDRESSES: Office— Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003. CAREER: Writer, poet, novelist, screenwriter, memoirist, essayist, and biographer.

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   Who is Barry Gifford?

   • 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.

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   Where does Barry Gifford reside?

   • Barry Gifford lives in Berkeley, California. He is the recipient of awards from the American Library Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, PEN, and the Writers Guild of America. Barry Gifford was born on October 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois.

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   Was Barry Gifford an American original?

   • Barry Gifford is an American Original. His work evokes many sensibilities, from the Beats to noir to social realism to postmodernism to cinematic. It stirs up ghosts and invokes the future. For those who haven’t had the pleasure or for old friends catching up: Read this book.

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   How many short stories does Barry Gifford write?

   • Barry Gifford's first book for young adults contains forty-one short stories. At the center of it all is a boy learning to navigate the compromises, disillusionments and regrets that come with the territory of living. Mixing memoir and invention, these stories bring a city—and a boy's growing consciousness—to vivid, unflinching life.

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   What do you like most about Barry Gifford?

   • Barry Gifford is an American Original whose work evokes many sensibilities, from the Beats to noir to social realism to postmodernism to cinematic. One admirer states, "I love Do the Blind Dream?—a wonderful and delightful piece that tastes of Buñuel and Cocteau.

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   What does Barry Gifford say in his new poetry collection?

   • Barry Gifford expresses in his new poetry collection that "Here I am wasting time again / writing poems to keep myself company"—doing what he has always done, surprising readers in kaleidoscopic prisms of color, turning every breath into a story, and himself into his most colorful character. (The passage continues with 'past the cottage and into the big house.')

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