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.
June 26, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Deep-holes" by Alice Munro

>I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that only diehard Munro-heads are going to love this one. That doesn’t include me, as…
June 26, 2008

>New Issue: Whitefish Review

>I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m told that the Summer 2008 issue of Whitefish Review has just been released. Although the highlights of…
June 26, 2008

>LitMag Wave: The Sun July 2008

>I don’t always find enough to say about The Sun to comment on new issues, but the July 2008 issue has a two short…
June 26, 2008

>Deer Season

>It’s deer season. Not in the hunting sense, but in the sense that I’ve been seeing them constantly the last few days. It began…
June 25, 2008

>The New Classics

>Entertainment Weekly gives us a list of The New Classics–the best reads from 1983-2008. What’s missing? (I’ve read 30 of these, hope to read…
June 24, 2008

>New Issue: The Pedestal Magazine #46

>There’s a new issue up of The Pedestal Magazine, including an interview with Ellen Bryant Voigt.
June 24, 2008

>New Issue: Right Hand Pointing #21

>There’s a new issue of Right Hand Pointing, and it just happens to include a little something by me: “No Sudden Moves.”
June 24, 2008

>LitMag Wave: One Story #104

>“Harriet Elliot” by Robin Black has some outstanding moments. The arrival of Harriet in the co-op school is one of them, where at first…
June 23, 2008

>The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008

>My copy hasn’t arrived yet, but I’m looking forward to reading The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 “A Composer and His Parakeets” Ha JinZoetrope…
June 22, 2008

>Distraction

>For me, focus has become a major obstacle to my productivity. I can ignore the phone, which doesn’t ring all that often anyway, and…