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.
December 16, 2008

>Rain Taxi Benefit Auction

>Check out all the great stuff at this eBay auction in support of Rain Taxi Review of Books. It’s a great magazine, and a…
December 15, 2008

>New Issue: Carve

>There’s a new issue of Carve Magazine ready for reading: Winter 2008.
December 15, 2008

>New Issue: Bound Off

>It’s the 15th of the month, so that means there is a new issue of Bound Off available. This month we hear from Thomas…
December 15, 2008

>Sunday at VCCA

>It’s hard to know what to expect from a Sunday at VCCA. Breakfast is later, so some people get a slow start. Some fellows…
December 14, 2008

>Books to look forward to in 2009

>Afraid that the mess in the publishing industry means that there won’t be anything good to read next year? Think again! I guess I’ve…
December 13, 2008

>VCCA Readings

>A couple of nights ago we had another reading in the VCCA living room. It was brief, which I appreciated, because I’ve been coming…
December 12, 2008

>White Readers Meet Black Authors

>Since I’m officially endorsing the Authors Guild’s recommendation that all writers buy more books, let me also point to a clever related effort: White…
December 12, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Woman of the House" by William Trevor

>The New Yorker could do a lot worse than to publish a William Trevor story, so I was happy to see this one, and…
December 12, 2008

>Buy. More. Books.

>A message from Roy Blount Jr., President of the Authors Guild: I’ve been talking to booksellers lately who report that times are hard. And…
December 10, 2008

>A Book to Look Forward To

>Kevin Wilson, a great guy and a terrific writer, is expecting! A book, that is. Tunneling to the Center of the Earth is due…