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 16, 2011

>The Pale King Review – David Foster Wallace The Pale King – Esquire

> I’m prepared to accept that David Foster Wallace was a genius. I’ve only read short pieces by him, but I am convinced I…
April 11, 2011

>10 Most Frequently Challenged Library Books of 2010 – GalleyCat

>Good to see that censorship, or attempted censorship, is alive in 21st Century America: 10 Most Frequently Challenged Library Books of 2010 – GalleyCat
April 11, 2011

>WriterHouse Panel on Literary Magazines

> Thanks to WriterHouse for hosting the Literary Journals Demystified panel yesterday. I was there on behalf of Prime Number Magazine and joined two editors…
April 11, 2011

>Among the ‘Unsavvy’ by John Warner – The Morning News

> What actually goes on at The New Yorker? Among the ‘Unsavvy’ by John Warner – The Morning News (The linked article is from…
April 9, 2011

>Spring

> It sure doesn’t feel like it today, but it’s been spring for a couple of weeks now. This picture is of one of…
April 8, 2011

>The New Yorker: "The Goo Book" by Keith Ridgway

> I think I like this story more having read the brief interview with Ridgway in which we learn that the characters of Hawthorn and…
April 8, 2011

>Literary Journals Thrive, on Paper and Otherwise – NYTimes.com

> They don’t mention Prime Number Magazine, but hey, it’s thriving, too! Literary Journals Thrive, on Paper and Otherwise – NYTimes.com
April 5, 2011

>Review of Whale Man by Alan Michael Parker at The Nervous Breakdown

> My review of Alan Michael Parker’s Whale Man is up at The Nervous Breakdown.
April 4, 2011

>The American Shakespeare Center’s Renaissance Season 2011

> The American Shakespeare Center’s 2011 Actors’ Renaissance Season is now history. It’s really a remarkable thing that they do: the company of actors,…
April 4, 2011

>Prime Number Magazine

>Update 5.7 of Prime Number Magazine is live, with new fiction by Susanne Stahley, Lee Upton, and Christopher Lowe, and poetry by Erica Dawson,…