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.
March 26, 2008

>Getting Real about Slush

>The questions and answers turn to the slush pile of literary magazines in Kelly Spitzer’s Get Real series. It’s far more interesting to hear…
March 26, 2008

>Guest Review: Open Me by Sunshine O’Donnell

>Guest Reviewer: Jessica Handler Salt for Their WoundsGirls and women mourn. They wail like sirens, cry culverts of tears. Mothers teach daughters to weep,…
March 26, 2008

>New Issue: 34th Parallel

>The new magazine 34th Parallel has arrived. Be sure to take a look.
March 25, 2008

>The Virginia Festival of the Book

>The Virginia Festival of the Book is here. Or it will be tomorrow. I need to review the schedule again!
March 25, 2008

>Young Lions

>The NY Public Library has named the finalists for their Young Lions Fiction Award to a writer 35 or under: Ron Currie, Jr., God…
March 24, 2008

>The Complete Works

>What a deal! I go to every show that the American Shakespeare Center produces, some more than once. That’s an average of more than…
March 23, 2008

>LitMag Swap #2

>This worked out well last week, so let me try again. This time I’m offering a shiny new copy of Mid-American Review, Volume XXVII,…
March 23, 2008

>Grace Paley: Fidelity

> I would love this book even if the pages were blank if I thought that’s what Grace Paley wanted us to contemplate. Even…
March 22, 2008

>ASC: The Jew of Malta

>It’s amazing how many people are willing to spend a couple of hours at the theater on a sunny Saturday afternoon, including me. All…
March 22, 2008

>Anniversary, of sorts; Early Easter

>Easter is incredibly early this year. In fact, the last time it was this early was in 1913. Easter occurs on the first Sunday…