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(b.The author of more than forty published works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, Barry Gifford is one of the few contemporary American writers whose characters are familiar to audiences around the world. Recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, and the Writers Guild of America, Gifford is one of the enduring voices of his generation.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Sailor and Lula
1. Wild At Heart (1990)
2. Perdita Durango (1996)
3. Sailor's Holiday (1991)
4. Sultans of Africa (1991)
5. Consuelo's Kiss (1991)
6. Bad Day for the Leopard Man (1992)
7. The Imagination of the Heart (2009)
59 Degrees and Raining (1992)
The Wild Life Of Sailor And Lula (1992)
1. Wild At Heart (1990)
2. Perdita Durango (1996)
3. Sailor's Holiday (1991)
4. Sultans of Africa (1991)
5. Consuelo's Kiss (1991)
6. Bad Day for the Leopard Man (1992)
7. The Imagination of the Heart (2009)
59 Degrees and Raining (1992)
The Wild Life Of Sailor And Lula (1992)
Novels
A Boy's Novel (1973)
Port Tropique (1980)
An Unfortunate Woman (1984)
A Good Man to Know (1992)
Night People (1992)
Arise and Walk (1994)
Baby Cat-Face (1995)
The Sinaloa Story (1998)
Wyoming (2000)
The Up-down (2015)
Port Tropique (1980)
An Unfortunate Woman (1984)
A Good Man to Know (1992)
Night People (1992)
Arise and Walk (1994)
Baby Cat-Face (1995)
The Sinaloa Story (1998)
Wyoming (2000)
The Up-down (2015)
Omnibus
Wild at Heart / 59 Degrees & Raining (1993)
Southern Nights (1999)
Night People / Arise and Walk / Baby Cat Face (2019)
Southern Nights (1999)
Night People / Arise and Walk / Baby Cat Face (2019)
Collections
Coyote Tantras (poems) (1973)
The Boy You Have Always Loved (poems) (1976)
My Mother's People (1976)
Persimmons (poems) (1977)
Poems from Snail Hut (poems) (1978)
Horse Hauling Timber Out of Hokkaido Forest (poems) (1979)
Beautiful Phantoms (poems) (1981)
Giotto's Circle (poems) (1988)
Ghosts No Horse Can Carry (poems) (1988)
New Mysteries of Paris (1991)
Hotel Room Trilogy (1995)
Flaubert at Key West (poems) (1997)
My Last Martini (2000)
Replies to Wang Wei (poems) (2001)
American Falls (2002)
The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room (2003)
Do the Blind Dream? (2004)
Back in America (poems) (2004)
The Stars Above Vera Cruz (2005)
Memories From a Sinking Ship (2007)
Sad Stories of the Death of Kings (2010)
Imagining Paradise (poems) (2012)
The Roy Stories (2013)
Writers (2015)
New York, 1960 (poems) (2016)
The Cuban Club (2017)
Roy's World: Stories 1973-2020 (2020)
The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea (2022)
The Boy You Have Always Loved (poems) (1976)
My Mother's People (1976)
Persimmons (poems) (1977)
Poems from Snail Hut (poems) (1978)
Horse Hauling Timber Out of Hokkaido Forest (poems) (1979)
Beautiful Phantoms (poems) (1981)
Giotto's Circle (poems) (1988)
Ghosts No Horse Can Carry (poems) (1988)
New Mysteries of Paris (1991)
Hotel Room Trilogy (1995)
Flaubert at Key West (poems) (1997)
My Last Martini (2000)
Replies to Wang Wei (poems) (2001)
American Falls (2002)
The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room (2003)
Do the Blind Dream? (2004)
Back in America (poems) (2004)
The Stars Above Vera Cruz (2005)
Memories From a Sinking Ship (2007)
Sad Stories of the Death of Kings (2010)
Imagining Paradise (poems) (2012)
The Roy Stories (2013)
Writers (2015)
New York, 1960 (poems) (2016)
The Cuban Club (2017)
Roy's World: Stories 1973-2020 (2020)
The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea (2022)
Plays
Non fiction
As Ever (1977)
Kerouac's Town (1977)
Jack's Book (1978) (with Lawrence Lee)
The Neighborhood of Baseball (1981)
Saroyan (1984) (with Lawrence Lee)
Nadja in Paradise (1984)
A Day At the Races (1988)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1988)
Madrugada (1996)
Phantom Father (1997)
Hot Rod (1997)
Out of the Past (2000)
Bordertown (2002)
Brando Rides Alone (2004)
The Cavalry Charges (2007)
Kerouac's Town (1977)
Jack's Book (1978) (with Lawrence Lee)
The Neighborhood of Baseball (1981)
Saroyan (1984) (with Lawrence Lee)
Nadja in Paradise (1984)
A Day At the Races (1988)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1988)
Madrugada (1996)
Phantom Father (1997)
Hot Rod (1997)
Out of the Past (2000)
Bordertown (2002)
Brando Rides Alone (2004)
The Cavalry Charges (2007)
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