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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.
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.”
Jul 28, 2007 · Barry Gifford is a name with which many Beat and film noir fans will be familiar. He wrote Jack’s Book: An Oral Biography in 1978, and it immediately became one of the essential Beat reference texts.
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.
Nov 9, 2021 · Twenty years older than his wife, his father was also a bootlegger and bookie with mysterious mob ties, ever flying off to such places as Miami, Havana, New York and Acapulco, sometimes with ...
Jun 28, 2021 · 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. Zach Vasquez: How did Black Lizard get started?
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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.
