Clifford Garstang

Clifford Garstang

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Month: July 2025

July 28, 2025

A Musical Summer

Festivals! For the past several years, my summers have been exceedingly musical. Although the city near my rural home is small (population 25,000), it…

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July 1, 2025

2025 Reading–June

Playground by Richard Powers was my book club’s selection for June. Most people in the group were underwhelmed, but I think that’s because they…

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About the Author

Clifford Garstang is the author of six works of fiction including the novels The Last Bird of Paradise, Oliver’s Travels and The Shaman of Turtle Valley and the short story collections House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Zhang Boys Know, and In an Uncharted Country. He is also the editor of the acclaimed anthology series, Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet. A former international lawyer, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

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