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.
May 3, 2008

>Conversation with Michael Chabon

>Here’s a short video interview with Michael Chabon who’s touring to promote the paperback of Yiddish Policeman’s Union.
May 3, 2008

>New Issue: The Adirondack Review

>The spring issue of The Adirondack Review is up and it looks like it’s worth checking out.
May 3, 2008

>LitMag Wave: Lunch Hour Stories #20

>You may (or may not) recall that last year Dan Wickett of Emerging Writers Network and Dzanc Books declared the month of May to…
May 2, 2008

>Nature Boy

>Hardly. But there is a lot to observe in the spring. Ticks, for example. Most days my dog and I go for a walk…
May 2, 2008

>New Issue: Storyglossia #28

>Storyglossia No. 28, the Crime/Noir issue, is now live. It’s a departure, but one that looks interesting.
May 2, 2008

>National Magazine Awards 2008

>The 2008 National Magazine Awards have been announced. For a complete list of the winners and finalists, go here. For our interests, congratulations are…
May 2, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Them Old Cowboy Songs" by Annie Proulx

>For some reason, the fiction this week isn’t online. Could be they couldn’t get the rights since Proulx’s new story collection is coming out…
May 1, 2008

>Five Star Literary Stories

>Check out this new blog/website, Five Star Literary Stories, which has a unique aim. It’s creator, T.J. Forrester, plans to build a “digital library”…
May 1, 2008

>New Issue: The Short Review

>The May issue of The Short Review is live, with reviews of more short story collections.
May 1, 2008

>"I can’t enumerate all the ways in which this is horrible."

>The VQR Blog offers a selection of submission readers’ comments. It is either (a) comforting to know that even bad submissions are closely read…