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.
February 13, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Free Radicals" by Alice Munro

>So in my expectation of a Munro story I was off by a couple of weeks. At least this story, by one of the…
February 10, 2008

>AWP Report – Part VI

>Swag: Slang. Stolen property; loot. This is my AWP Swag Report, although some of this stuff I paid for, so it doesn’t technically qualify…
February 9, 2008

>AWP Report – Part V

>By Saturday morning I wasn’t sure I could attend another panel, but that’s what I was there for so: At 9:00 I listened to…
February 8, 2008

>AWP Report – Part IV

>The first panel of the day for me on Friday was a good one: “Severed Heads” – a discussion by Robert Olen Butler of…
February 8, 2008

>The New Yorker: "Friendly Fire" by Tessa Hadley

>I wanted to like this story, but it didn’t happen (which is why this comment is late – I find that I have little…
February 7, 2008

>Getting Real About Money

>Kelly Spitzer and Ellen Parker now ask their discussants about money matters: submitting to markets that pay, and submitting to markets that charge a…
February 6, 2008

>AWP Report – Part III

>The Conference began for real on Thursday morning, with 17 different sessions scheduled in the 9:00 – 10:15 time slot. The one I chose…
February 5, 2008

>NBCC Recommended Reading List

>Check out the National Book Critics Circle Winter List of Recommended Books.