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.
February 24, 2009

>AWP 2009

>I thought I was done writing about the AWP Conference, but I guess I’m not. I managed to bring home a bunch of books…
February 24, 2009

>Lit Mag Swap

>At AWP earlier this month I picked up a number of literary magazines, including a copy of Quarter After Eight No. 14. At the…
February 22, 2009

>Indiebound–Independent Bookstores

>I support independent bookstores. Don’t you? To find one near you, or to to order online from a nearby store, visit Indiebound.
February 21, 2009

>Steve Almond on Book Balloon

>Book Balloon, the forum for book lovers, welcomes Steve Almond for a Q&A session February 24-26. It’s pretty simple: members post questions and Steve…
February 21, 2009

>Herd Instinct

>So I’m straightening up a little after breakfast when I notice a deer stroll out of the woods behind the house. It’s kind a…
February 21, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Daughters of the Moon" by Italo Calvino

>This must be weird story month in The New Yorker. The Millhauser allegory was odd enough, but now we’ve got Calvino and the wooly…
February 19, 2009

>Rain Taxi

>While we’re on the subject of book reviews, there’s a new issue of the online edition of Rain Taxi Review of Books. Lots of…
February 19, 2009

>The Short Review

>To say that there’s a new issue of The Short Review up doesn’t do it justice, because it’s not an ordinary literary magazine. Instead,…
February 19, 2009

>AWP Recap No. 4

>There was snow Friday night, so we had that to deal with on Saturday, but not much. Just enough to make the scenery on…
February 18, 2009

>VQR at AWP

>If The Virginia Quarterly Review had a table at AWP, I missed it. (Entirely possible.) But they did blog from the conference: here, here,…