The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has ...

Gifford is probably best known for his 1989 novel “Wild at Heart,” which David Lynch adapted into the cult film of the same name. (Together, they also wrote the screenplay for the director’s loamy ...

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Hoping to catch the eye of the boy she likes, 13-year-old Deecie Jeffries sneaks out of the house in Austin, Texas, in 1987 ...