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.
July 28, 2009

>Man Booker Prize Long List

>The long list of 13 has been announced for the 2009 Man Booker Prize: Byatt, AS: The Children’s Book Random House – Chatto and…
July 23, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Five Wounds" by Kirstin Valdez Quade

>Although I don’t have any real complaints about this story, and it kept me engaged right to the last sentence, I can’t say I…
July 21, 2009

>The Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue

>The Atlantic’s Summer Fiction Issue is out, and it looks pretty good to me. Included in the issue is this essay by Tim O’Brien…
July 21, 2009

>Ru Freeman’s A Disobedient Girl

>Today is Publication Day for Ru Freeman‘s book A Disobedient Girl. Read Ru’s reflections on the event: On Publication. From what I hear, the…
July 21, 2009

>Best of the Web 2009

> I’m pleased to join the internet invasion by Best of the Web 2009 from Dzanc Books by presenting this guest post from Marcela…
July 20, 2009

>LitMag Reviews

>Check out a whole bunch of new literary magazine reviews at NewPages.com.
July 18, 2009

>In an Uncharted Country available for pre-order

>My linked short story collection IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY is now available for pre-order from the publisher Press 53. Links to the publisher are…
July 18, 2009

>ASC: Titus Andronicus

>Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is not often performed, which explains why I had never experienced the play until I went to the American Shakespeare Center‘s…
July 17, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Rat Beach" by William Styron

>This story, which will be included in a collection to be published this year, is among the year’s best in The New Yorker. The…