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 16, 2009

>New Issue: Bound Off #37

>Check out Bound Off for their latest issue: stories by David Backer and Zein El-Amine.
February 16, 2009

>AWP 2009 Recap No. 1

>I returned last night from AWP 2009-Chicago. It was a blast and jam-packed. Even if I had intended to blog from Chicago, which I…
February 11, 2009

>AWP 2009

>I’m off to Chicago for the AWP Conference. No laptop, no blogging. Just listening and talking and watching and socializing. I’ll probably do some…
February 11, 2009

>Press 53 Open Awards 2009

>The deadline for the multi-genre Press 53 Open Awards 2009 is March 31. Check out the rules and submit!
February 10, 2009

>Susan Meyers at Linebreak

>Listen to a poem by Susan Meyers at Linebreak: Dear Atamasco Lily.
February 9, 2009

>Kindle2

>Have you seen the newest version of the Kindle? Wow. Kindle2 is still too expensive, I think, but it looks great, and now clearly…
February 9, 2009

>WSO: A Salute To the American Presidency

>So much about this afternoon was remarkable, starting with the fact that there is no admission charged to a performance of the Waynesboro Symphony…
February 7, 2009

>New Issue: Freight Stories #4

>The new issue of Freight Stories is up. Check it out.
February 7, 2009

>Blackbird

>Check out this special audio feature at Blackbird: David Baker: A Reading and Conversation
February 6, 2009

>The New Yorker: "The Invasion from Outer Space" by Steven Millhauser

>Is this a parable? Or what, exactly? Is the “invasion” of yellow “animate dust” a symbol for something else? Almost certainly, I think, but…