Author: Cliff

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.
April 11, 2012

The New Books Daily

  I have been running a feature on this blog called “Forthcoming Books.” Most Wednesdays I identify a book that’s due to be published…
April 9, 2012

>The New Yorker: "Transatlantic" by Colum McCann

> April 16, 2012: “Transatlantic” by Colum McCann As fans of Colum McCann know, the man likes to blur the lines between fact and…
April 7, 2012

>SWAG Writers

> I love going to literary events such as talks or readings by authors. They don’t happen too often in my immediate area, so…
April 6, 2012

>New-to-me LitMag: Palooka

> Until today, I’d never heard of Palooka. Or maybe I had but hadn’t paid attention. But I had reason to visit their website…
April 6, 2012

>Tips for Writers: Take a Hike!

> It isn’t writers’ block exactly. It’s more like writers’ knot. Surely you know the feeling. You’re working on something and you can’t get…
April 5, 2012

>Writing Your Life’s Stories: The Many Routes to Memoir

> I’m very excited to be a guest speaker (along with Sandra Beasley and Art Taylor) at Dianne Hennessy King’s workshop: Writing Your Life’s…
April 2, 2012

>The New Yorker: "The Porn Critic" by Jonathan Lethem

> April 9, 2012: “The Porn Critic” by Jonathan Lethem Q&A with Jonathan Lethem This one does nothing for me. Fortunately, because the story…
March 30, 2012

>Tips for Writers: Read Poetry

> With Poetry Month just around the corner, I thought this would be a timely tip for fiction writers: Read Poetry. Seriously. While plot…
March 28, 2012

>Forthcoming Books: The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan

> I found this trailer for Deborah Copaken Kogan‘s novel The Red Book (Hyperion, April 2012) quite by accident. I’m possibly not the target…