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 22, 2011

>Garbage In, Garbage Out

> All you need to know about writing is contained in a brilliant blog piece by Austin Kleon: How to Steal Like an Artist…
April 22, 2011

>SMALL PRESSES & LITERARY MAGAZINES CONTINUE TO INNOVATE & THRIVE By Debra Leigh Scott | New York Journal of Books

>SMALL PRESSES & LITERARY MAGAZINES CONTINUE TO INNOVATE & THRIVE By Debra Leigh Scott | New York Journal of Books: “Their offerings are not…
April 21, 2011

>SWAG Poetry Fest Photos

> SRO crowd listens attentively to Sarah Kennedy Shea Anthony reads from Forgotten Theatre Sarah Kennedy reading from Home Remedies Paul Somers reading new…
April 21, 2011

>New Postage Rates

>Since most of writers these days use online submissions almost exclusively–although there are still an awful lot of places that take only snail mail…
April 21, 2011

>SWAG Writers’ Poetry Fest

> Last night, SWAG Writers—the Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta Group of Writers—held its first (dare I say “first annual”?) Poetry Fest in honor of National…
April 21, 2011

>The New Yorker: "The Good Samaritan" by Thomas McGuane

> I can’t say that I loved this story, but I did love some things about it.  First, it employs a classic “stranger comes…
April 20, 2011

>R.I.P. Jeanne Leiby

> I didn’t know Jeanne Leiby well–in fact I met her only once, at an AWP Conference–but I was very impressed with what she…
April 19, 2011

>The New Yorker: "A Withered Branch" by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

> I guess I’ll give some allowances for this story, an appealing slice of a difficult life translated from the Russian, but if it…
April 19, 2011

>Issue 7 of Prime Number Magazine is now live!

> Issue 7 of Prime Number Magazine is now live! This is our biggest issue yet, with 8 short stories, 2 essays, 3 book…
April 19, 2011

>The Pulitzer Prizes | What’s New

> The Pulitzer Prizes | What’s New You’ve probably already heard the news: Jennifer Egan won the Fiction Pulitzer for A Visit From the…