The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Used courtesy of Seven Stories Press:

“I Wish I’d Made It Up: A Note to the Reader,” “The Winner,” “My Last Martini,” “The Tunisian Notebook.”

“Letter to Marshall Clements” and “The Lost Dream” from Barry Gifford Papers, M0927, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Used courtesy of the author:

Arise and Walk, Baby Cat-Face, The Sinaloa Story, Sailor’s Holiday, Sultans of Africa, Consuelo’s Kiss, Bad Day for the Leopard Man, Perdita Durango, Landscape With Traveler, Port Tropique, Phantom Father, Blackout, Wyoming.

“The Thrill of a Writer’s Lifetime,” “Where the Southern Cross’ the Yellow Dog,” Introduction to Texas Stories, “Black Wings Had His Angel: A Brief Memoir of Elliott Chaze,” “The Strangest One of All,” “The Face of the Hero,” “Bordertown,” “The Ciné,” “The Rooster Trapped in the Reptile Room,” “Magic Sam,” “Don Bartolomeo,” “Empire of Signs,” “Maximum Bob,” all film essays, “Fuzzy Sandwiches or There Is No Speed Limit on the Lost Highway: Reflections on David Lynch,” all poetry, Introduction to Jack’s Book, 2nd ed.