Barry Gifford

Barry Gifford

The author of more than forty works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into over twenty-five languages, BARRY GIFFORD writes distinctly American stories for readers around the globe. From screenplays and librettos to his acclaimed Sailor and Lula novels, Gifford’s writing is as distinctive as it is difficult to classify. Born in the Seneca Hotel on Chicago’s Near North Side, he relocated in his adolescence to New Orleans. The move proved significant: throughout his career, Gifford’s fiction—part-noir, part-picaresque, always entertaining—is born of the clash between what he has referred to as his “Northern Side” and “Southern Side.” Gifford has been recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, The American Library Association, the Writers…

Hotel Room Trilogy

Hotel Room Trilogy

Barry Gifford
Ghost Years

Ghost Years

Barry Gifford
Writers

Writers

Written and Illustrated by Barry Gifford
How Chet Baker Died

How Chet Baker Died

Barry Gifford
The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea Black Sun Rising / La Corazonada Roy's World

Roy's World

Barry Gifford
Sailor & Lula, Expanded Edition Southern Nights

Southern Nights

Barry Gifford
The Cuban Club

The Cuban Club

Barry Gifford
The Cuban Club

The Cuban Club

Barry Gifford
The Up-Down

The Up-Down

Barry Gifford
The Roy Stories

The Roy Stories

Barry Gifford
Landscape with Traveler

Landscape with Traveler

Barry Gifford
Imagining Paradise

Imagining Paradise

Barry Gifford
Sad Stories of the Death of Kings

Sad Stories of the Death of Kings

Barry Gifford; foreword by Rob Christopher
Sailor & Lula

Sailor & Lula

Barry Gifford
Memories from a Sinking Ship The Imagination of the Heart Port Tropique

Port Tropique

Barry Gifford
Do the Blind Dream?

Do the Blind Dream?

Barry Gifford
The Sinaloa Story

The Sinaloa Story

Barry Gifford
Wyoming

Wyoming

Barry Gifford
American Falls

American Falls

Barry Gifford
The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room

The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room

Barry Gifford; edited by Thomas A. McCarthy; foreword by Andrei Codrescu