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.
November 10, 2008

>Name that Author!

>What a great idea! The National Book Critics Circle and The Paris Review announce a contest: Name that Author. NBCC will publish (“for the…
November 10, 2008

>Finding Focus

>I’ve subscribed to Men’s Journal for a couple of years now. I don’t always find it terribly enlightening, but I do like the “Ask…
November 3, 2008

>Narrative Magazine: Story of the Week

>”The Structure of Bubbles” by Emily Raboteau is Narrative Magazine’s story of the week. Way to go, Emily!
October 31, 2008

>New Issue: Waccamaw Journal

>Issue No. 2 of Waccamaw Journal is now live and from what I’ve read so far it looks great!
October 31, 2008

>The Golden Notebook Project

>I received an email today about an interesting undertaking: a close reading of Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook along with a conversation among seven…
October 30, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Fat Man’s Race" by Louise Erdrich

>I assume that this story is included in honor of Halloween, since it does feature the Devil as one of its characters. Sort of….
October 28, 2008

>Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts

>I had some good news last week. I learned that I’ve been awarded a residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts…
October 28, 2008

>The End of the Straight and Narrow by David McGlynn

>The End of the Straight and Narrow by David McGlynn is one of those rare story collections that doesn’t allow the reader to take…
October 27, 2008

>Dear One Story: You’re not helping!

>One of the things I have been emphasizing with my students (I teach freshman composition in a community college) is noun-pronoun agreement. The rule…