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 15, 2008

>New Issue: Bound Off #29

>A new issue of Bound Off is up today, with “In Response To Your Presentation,” by Matt Plass, and “Milk, the Wound, and Recompense,”…
June 14, 2008

>Buy a Book for a Soldier

>Speaking of Press 53, once again they are offering their Buy a Book for a Soldier campaign. Go to their website and purchase one…
June 14, 2008

>Press 53 Open Awards 2009

>I guess the 2008 contest must have worked out all right for them, because they’re doing it again this year. Press 53 has announced…
June 12, 2008

>The Binnacle Ultra-shorts

>The finalists for The Binnacle Ultra-short Competition have been announced. For the third straight year, I’ve managed to place a piece on that list….
June 11, 2008

>People’s Choice Awards Deadline Approaches

>You’ve only got a few more weeks to vote in the Library of Virginia People’s Choice Awards. Nominated in the non-fiction category is See…
June 9, 2008

>LitMag Swap #5

>For some reason I received TWO copies of the new Indiana Review (Vol. 30. No. 1), so I’m happy to swap one of them…
June 9, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Natasha" by Vladimir Nabokov

>It was reported recently that Nobokov’s son, Dmitri, had promised his father that a novel he was working on would at the time of…
June 9, 2008

>2008 James Beard Foundation Awards

>Okay, so it may not be your usual literary award, but in the “Baking and Desserts” category, Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads won a…
June 7, 2008

>Preview the Book

>I knew about book trailers–they’ve been turning up on author websites, YouTube and MySpace for some time now. I didn’t know there was a…
June 6, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Tits-up in a Ditch" by Annie Proulx

>Let me first point out that we had another Annie Proulx story just four weeks ago. It wasn’t great and neither is this one….