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.
November 14, 2007

>AWP NYC

>I received a brochure from AWP today about the 2008 conference in NYC. If I weren’t already set to go, I’d be making my…
November 14, 2007

>Size Matters

>Received this today: “Dear Contributor,We thank you for the opportunity to read the work you submitted. We regret that we cannot accept it for…
November 13, 2007

>FreeRice.com

>It’s a game! It’s a vocabularly builder! It’s procrastination! It’s a fun way to help ease world hunger! Free Rice is all of the…
November 12, 2007

>Pushcart Prize List — 2007

>Not yet, but soon. It was about a year ago that I presented the last edition of my Pushcart Prize List, a ranking of…
November 11, 2007

>ASC: Romeo and Juliet

>Time’s getting away from me and I realized a couple of days ago that I had few opportunities to see the fourth show in…
November 11, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Brooklyn Circle" by Alice Mattison

>Constance’s Brooklyn apartment has been invaded by her ex-husband, Jerry, who lives in Philadelphia, and their daughter, Joanna, a sculptor who lives – or…
November 11, 2007

>VQR: Lots o’ Subs

>You make it easier to submit, you’re going to get a lot of submissions. The Virginia Quarterly Review knew that, of course, but they…
November 9, 2007

>Roy Kesey Reads

>Roy Kesey, a terrific writer who lives in Beijing (where we’ve met up a couple of times), is running around the U.S. right now…
November 8, 2007

>The Short Story Today

>Here’s an interesting discussion on the State of the Short Story Today by Larry Dark, at Critical Mass. H/T Jilly Dybka
November 8, 2007

>Storyglossia 24

>The latest issue of Storyglossia is up, including a fine story by Bruce Overby: “Pool“