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.
March 14, 2009

>"Like Lilly Like Wilson" by Taylor Mali

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March 13, 2009

>NBCC Awards Announced

>The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced (but not yet on the blog as of a few minutes ago)….
March 13, 2009

>T.O.B. Continues . . .

>The Tournament of Books continues: Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country edges E. Lockhart’s Disreputable History. No surprise there. In something of an upset, though, Tom…
March 11, 2009

>Love Your Indie Contest

>Not only is it Small Press Month, it’s also Love Your Indie Month, and to celebrate, Joe Hill is running the Love Your Indie…
March 11, 2009

>"The Coolest Writer in America"

>Or so says Benjamin Alsup in the new issue of Esquire about Colson Whitehead. The book he’s writing about is Sag Harbor, Whitehead’s new…
March 11, 2009

>Tournament of Books–continued

>The Tournament of Books continues. Today is Round 3: The White Tiger vs. Harry, Revised. The winner: Harry, Revised. In Round 2, Netherland was…
March 11, 2009

>Styron and Aquinnah

>Bark is a terrific magazine for dog lovers. In the current issue there is a lovely essay by the late William Styron (from Havanas…
March 9, 2009

>Tournament of Books

>The Tournament of Books is now live. First round: 2666 vs. Steer Toward Rock.
March 9, 2009

>IndieBound
March 5, 2009

>The New Yorker: "Wiggle Room" by David Foster Wallace

>In addition to this story, which is an excerpt from an unfinished novel, the new issue of The New Yorker includes an article (The…