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.
November 24, 2009

>Reading at Blue Ridge Community College — December 1

>On Tuesday, December 1, at 12:30 pm, as part of the Blue Ridge Community College Brown Bag Speaker Series, I’ll be giving a reading…
November 24, 2009

>The New Yorker Story of the Year — 2009: Nominations are Open

>For the past couple of years I have been commenting on each piece of fiction appearing in The New Yorker, and I’ve also been…
November 24, 2009

>New Issue: Ginosoko #9

>Ginosko #9 is available for download (in a pdf file). I don’t recognize the names of any of the contributors, but I like the…
November 24, 2009

>Guest Blogger: R.A. Riekki

>R.A. Riekki is author of the novels U.P. and the forthcoming Portrait of the Artist as a Bogey Man. He held a gun to…
November 23, 2009

>Gourevitch to leave Paris Review

>The Paris Review announced earlier this month that Philip Gourevitch, editor of the magazine for the past five years, will step down. I only…
November 22, 2009

>New (to me) Litmag: Emprise Review

>Emprise Review isn’t new–the current issue is the magazine’s 11th–but I’m just hearing about it. Or maybe I’m just now paying attention, because I…
November 22, 2009

>New LitMag Reviews

>Check out NewPages for some recent reviews of literary magazines. None that I’m in, but I still like to see what’s happening in magazines…
November 22, 2009

>Henry IV, Part 1 (again)

>When, on Friday morning, I ordered my ticket for the Saturday night performance of American Shakespeare Center’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Pt. 1…
November 20, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Indianapolis (Highway 74)" by Sam Shepard

>Sam Shepard has a story collection coming out in January, called Day Out of Days, and I get the impression that it’s full of…
November 20, 2009

>The Missing Link Project: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

>I had read parts of this book before, including the title story, which is widely anthologized. I’d also heard the author read the book’s…