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 19, 2009

>Holiday Book Fair at Stone Soup

>1st Annual Holiday Book Fair featuring Local Authors Join Stone Soup Books for a little local literary shopping experience with all the trimmings of…
November 19, 2009

>National Book Awards

>The National Book Awards were announced tonight at a banquet in New York. In Fiction, the winner was Colum McCann for Let the Great…
November 18, 2009

>The Missing Link Project: Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

>I first read Jesus’s Son in 2000 (it first appeared in 1992) and my reaction at the time was simple: I hated it. What…
November 16, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Alone" by Yiyun Li

>I’m not sure what to make of this story. It’s skillfully written, but it seems to lack emotion. Or perhaps that’s the point? (But…
November 16, 2009

>A Writer’s Guide to Microsoft Office

>Here’s something I learned at Winter Wheat this weekend: Poet Joannie Stangeland, who works at Microsoft, hosts a series of online videos to help…
November 16, 2009

>Winter Wheat

>I’ve just returned from a weekend in Bowling Green Ohio where I attended this year’s Winter Wheat–The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing. I gave…
November 12, 2009

>Library Talk

>This afternoon at 5:30 pm I will be giving a talk at the Middlebrook Branch of the Augusta Country Library about my book, In…
November 12, 2009

>Review of In an Uncharted Country

>There’s a very nice review of In an Uncharted Country at the blog Coarse Cracked Corn. The kind words are much appreciated!
November 10, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Premium Harmony" by Stephen King

>Ray and Mary argue. She’s fat and he smokes, and they argue about that. They argue about the lawn, they argue about Biznezz, their…
November 10, 2009

>North Carolina Book Tour

>I just got back from a quick trip to North Carolina, where I did three readings (from my book In an Uncharted Country) with…