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.
September 22, 2010

>New issue: r.kv.r.y

> Check out the new issue of r.kv.r.y now under the leadership of Mary Akers.
September 22, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Birdsong" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

> Set in Lagos, Nigeria, this is the story of an angry young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. The affair…
September 17, 2010

>750 Words

>If you write 750 words every day for a year, you’ll have written . . . [stops to calculate] . . . 273,750 words,…
September 14, 2010

>SWAG Writers September Reading

> The SWAG Writers Reading Series continues this month with an event on September 29th at the Darjeeling Cafe (in the new space at…
September 13, 2010

>Prime Number Magazine News

> We had a busy weekend at Prime Number Magazine. Not only were we reading lots of wonderful submissions and working on editing the…
September 11, 2010

>The New Yorker: "The Landlord" by Wells Tower

> Wells Tower fans aren’t likely to be any happier with me than they were when I discussed his last story in The New…
September 11, 2010

>The Book Club : The New Yorker

> The New Yorker’s Book Club is considering Jonathan Dee’s The Privileges this month. (Dee was my thesis advisor in my MFA program.) I’ve…
September 10, 2010

>Book-clubbed x 2

> Since my book, In an Uncharted Country, came out about a year ago, I’ve visited several book clubs that have chosen it to…
September 7, 2010

>Man Booker Prize 2010 shortlist announced

>Man Booker Prize 2010 shortlist announced: Man Booker Prize news The six books, selected from the Man Booker Prize longlist of 13, are: Peter…
September 6, 2010

>In an Uncharted Country in Mid-American Review

>The following review of my short story collection In an Uncharted Country appears in the current issue (Volume XXX) of the Mid-American Review. It…