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.
December 8, 2009

>Big Blend Magazine

>I am featured today in Big Blend Magazine, and if you scroll down to the bottom, just to the right of my picture, you…
December 8, 2009

>Beg, Borrow, Steal by Michael Greenberg

> Beg, Borrow, Steal – A Writer’s LifeMichael GreenbergOther Press, 2009 Many readers are likely to come to this book having read the Michael…
December 8, 2009

>The Literacy Site

> Do you click every day? I do. First thing in the morning, I go The Literacy Site and click and then click on…
December 8, 2009

>Nice Words About In an Uncharted Country

>Author Jana McBurney-Lin has some nice things to say about In an Uncharted Country at her blog: My Half of the Sky (which is…
December 6, 2009

>Champagne Sundays Radio Interview Today

>I’ll probably hold off on the champagne until after the interview, but I will be a guest on today’s edition of Big Blend Radio’s…
December 6, 2009

>New Books: Truth, Or Something Like It by Curtis Smith

>Just got an advance copy of Curtis Smith’s new book, Truth or Something Like It, forthcoming in March 2010 from Casperian Books. Look for…
December 5, 2009

>Saturday Snow Storm

>This picture wasn’t taken today, but it could have been. Lots of snow. It started at about dawn and it is still coming down…
December 4, 2009

>From Winesburg, Ohio to Olive Kittteridge

>This is a talk I gave on December 1, 2009 at Blue Ridge Community College, and, as you’ll see if you watch it, it…
December 4, 2009

>HTML Giant Secret Santa

>Ho Ho Ho. Last year, the “internet literature magazine of the future” HTML Giant organized a literary Secret Santa gift exchange. It seemed like…
December 3, 2009

>Champagne Sundays

>Please tune into Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays this Sunday, December 6. I will be interviewed (around 4pm ET, I think) about my book,…