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 14, 2008

>Reasons Short Stories Are Rejected

>A controversy recently erupted over a short story contest in which the prizes were not awarded because it was determined that none of the…
March 14, 2008

>National Award for Arts Writing

> NATIONAL AWARD FOR ARTS WRITING 2007 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED The National Award for Arts Writing, now in its second year, is one of the…
March 13, 2008

>The New Yorker: "The Bell Ringer" by John Burnside

>It might be my fault that I didn’t like this story. I was in the mood to be transported and this didn’t do it…
March 10, 2008

>The Bat Segundo Shows #183-188 (and more)

>Check out the latest podcasts from The Bat Segundo Show: These shows include our first bilingual podcast with CJ7 director Stephen Chow and star…
March 9, 2008

>Guest Review: The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle

>Guest Reviewer: Susan Woodring The Leper Compound (Bellevue Literary Press, 2008) by Paula Nangle is a coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence,…
March 9, 2008

>ASC: Volpone

>On Saturday night I saw the American Shakespeare Center‘s production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone. This is the third of five shows I’ve seen during…
March 7, 2008

>You Have Time for This

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March 7, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Raj, Bohemian" by Hari Kunzru

>Having just read Kunzru’s new novel, My Revolutions, I was looking forward to this story. Not that I loved the novel (a story for…
March 7, 2008

>And the winner is . . .

>Over at Critical Mass, the NBCC Awards were being live-blogged last night, so we all could have been following along as the winners were…
March 6, 2008

>NBCC Awards 2008

>The National Book Critics Circle Awards will be announced today in New York. Stay tuned . . .