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.
June 23, 2009

>Download First Chapter for Free

>Visit Ron Currie Jr. to download for free the first chapter of Everything Matters! The book got a great review from Janet Maslin in…
June 23, 2009

>Wisconsin Review 43:2 Spring 2009

>My contributor copies of Wisconsin Review have arrived. The issue includes my story “Counterpoint.”
June 22, 2009

>Warning Labels on Books?

>A group of parents wants to remove Sherman Alexie’s YA novel, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian, from a reading list for…
June 21, 2009

>New Issue: Memorious 12

>There’s a new issue of Memorious: A Journal of New Verse and Fiction, and it looks good. Check it out.
June 19, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Idols" by Tim Gautreaux

>Now that’s a story. My favorite of the year so far, I think. As protagonists go, Julian Smith is not very likable (proof, in…
June 18, 2009

>New York Times Reviews

>As hard as it is to get reviewed these days–declining space for book talk in print publication–it is wonderful to see reviews in The…
June 17, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Old Wounds" by Edna O’Brien

>One more story from the summer fiction issue (and one that is readable online only if you’re a registered subscriber). This one, by Edna…
June 16, 2009

>Happy Bloomsday!

>What are you doing to celebrate? Dublin ignores recession to celebrate Bloomsday.
June 16, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Tiger’s Wife" by Téa Obreht

>More from the Summer Fiction Issue. Congratulations to Téa Obreht, a recent MFA grad, for placing this fiction in The New Yorker. It seemed…