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.
June 11, 2010

>Cranky; The New Yorker; Hudson Prize

>It’s Friday morning and my computer is misbehaving, which is making me cranky. Also, The New Yorker is beginning to piss me off. People…
June 9, 2010

>VQR Unveils iPad Edition

>Here’s some news from Publishers Weekly: VQR Unveils iPad Edition And here’s the same news, direct from the horse’s mouth: VQR Now Available for…
June 9, 2010

>James River Writers Conference

> The James River Writers Conference is now open for registration. The conference is October 8 & 9 and will be at the Library…
June 6, 2010

>SWAG Reading Series: Bloomsday!

>I recently formed the Staunton – Waynesboro – Augusta Group of Writers (SWAG), a subchapter of the Blue Ridge Writers Club, which is a…
June 3, 2010

>Buy a Book and Press 53 Will Send a Book to a Soldier

> Here’s the deal. Go to the Press 53 website and buy a book (or several). That could include MY book, In an Uncharted…
June 2, 2010

>Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine

>A new journal: Paris Magazine – Paris Literary Icon Launches Prize and Magazine
May 30, 2010

>Writers.com/Writers on the Net

> My popular course, Writing the Literary Short Story, begins a new session on June 14. It’s a great value, I think. Not only…
May 30, 2010

>The New Yorker: "Agreeable" by Jonathan Franzen

> A year ago, The New Yorker published a story by Jonathan Franzen called “Good Neighbors,” which I discussed here. I rather liked the…
May 28, 2010

>Where I Must Go by Angela Jackson

> Where I Must GoAngela JacksonTriquarterly Books/Northwestern University Press (2009) I started at Northwestern University in the fall of 1971. I was not yet…