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 12, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Tara Lynn Masih

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September 6, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Judith Turner-Yamamoto

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September 1, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Felicia Mitchell

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August 31, 2022

2022 Reading — August

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is my book club’s selection for August. I didn’t love it, I have to admit. The novel…
August 29, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Jennifer S. Davis

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August 10, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Stacy R. Nigliazzo

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August 8, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Mary Jane White

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July 31, 2022

2022 Reading — July

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is a science fiction thriller about an energy-eating bacterial threat to life on Earth. A man awakens from…
July 18, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Gabriel Arquilevich

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July 5, 2022

I’ve Got Questions for Gary Eldon Peter

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