American writer, Richard Gary Brautigan is best known for his novel ""Trout Fishing in America"". This book includes essays, which combine personal remembrance of the man and critical appraisal of his controversial works. It also contains photographs and artworks.

Table of Contents Preface      Introduction: The Curve of Binding Memory      Checklist of Works by Richard Brautigan      In the Riffles with Richard: A Profile of Richard Brautigan      Richard Brautigan and the Final Chapters in A Confederate General from Big Sur: A Symposium      A Drop of Pouilly-Fuissé into the Pacific Ocean      She’s Gone. It’s Done.      The Secrets of Fiction: Where Have You Gone Richard Brautigan?      Just Like a Poem: Richard Brautigan and Mad River      The Gentle on the Mind Number      Sketches of Richard Brautigan      Shooting Up the Countryside      Food Stamps for the Stars      Brautigan and the Eagles      In Memoriam: Richard Brautigan      The Perfect American      A Last Letter to Richard Brautigan      Glimpses of Richard Brautigan in the Haight-Ashbury      Dreaming of Brautigan: An Appreciation      “Lit Crit,” “Over Easy,” and “R.I.P.”: Three Vignettes      Dreaming Richard Brautigan      Richard’s Miraculous Mistakes      I Remember Richard Brautigan      The Brautigan Library: A Noble Experiment      The Brautigan Library Founder’s Message      Richard Brautigan: A Millennium Paper Airplane      Ninety-One Things about Richard Brautigan      Paper Flowers: Richard Brautigan’s Poetry      West Coast Dreamer: The Lonely Death of Richard Brautigan      The Historical Present: Notions of History, Time and Cultural Lineage in the Writing of Richard Brautigan      Br’er Brautigan: Trickster Dead and Well in Montana      Notes from a Brautigan Collector      Richard Brautigan, Flânerie, and Japan: Some International Perspectives on His Work      Visit to the “Confederate General from Big Sur”: 31 May 1965      Talking with Richard Brautigan      Credits      About the Contributors      Index