1988
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First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Introduction By David Bromige. Includes most of the author's poems collected from over a dozen previous small press collections, plus several new poems. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp. plus a bibliography.
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Author
Barry Gifford
Author · 45 books
Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness. He is described by Patrick Beach as being "like if John Updike had an evil twin that grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and wrote funny..."He is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists on the road. The first of the series, Wild at Heart, was adapted by director David Lynch for the 1990 film of the same title. Gifford went on to write the screenplay for Lost Highway with Lynch. Much of Gifford's work is nonfiction.
