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.
April 11, 2008

>A New Record for Smallest Rejection Slip!

>At least it’s semi-timely. I submitted a story to this particular magazine at the end of December and it’s now early April, so it…
April 11, 2008

>New Issue: Ginosko Literary Journal

>A new issue of Ginosko Literary Journal is available for downloading.
April 9, 2008

>Dave Eggers talks about 826 Valencia

>For some reason I’m not able to embed this video, but go to TED and watch Dave Eggers. Definitely worth watching.
April 7, 2008

>Pulitzer Prizes Awarded

>The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded today. The winners in Letters, Drama, and Music are: FICTION The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by…
April 6, 2008

>The Hanging Woods by Scott Loring Sanders

>On the one hand, The Hanging Woods, the debut novel from Scott Loring Sanders, seems unmistakably to be in the “young-adult” genre. It is…
April 5, 2008

>Levis Prize Reading: Joshua Weiner

>Blackbird has posted the Levis Prize Reading by Joshua Weiner.
April 4, 2008

>Book Festival Podcasts

>Check out the audio programs available from the just-completed Virginia Festival of the Book. (The list of podcasts is in the right sidebar on…
April 4, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The House Behind a Weeping Cherry" by Ha Jin

>Until its monumentally weak ending, this is a terrific story. But the sappy, let’s-run-away-together ending completely undermines what makes the rest of the story…
April 2, 2008

>New Issue: The Short Review

>The April issue of The Short Review is up. Read all about recent short story collections . . .
April 2, 2008

>Play Ball?

>The only thing more boring than baseball, in my opinion, is literature about baseball. I’m sure not everyone shares that opinion, however, so for…