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.
October 25, 2007

>Best American Mystery Stories 2007

>This was a nice surprise. I found out today that my story “Heading for Home,” which appeared last year in The Baltimore Review, is…
October 24, 2007

>LitMag Wave: Subtropics No. 4

>Subtropics, the still-new literary magazine out of the University of Florida edited by David Leavitt is already a writers’ favorite. The magazine responds promptly…
October 22, 2007

>Tracking the Muse

>This looks like an interesting feature at Blackbird: Tracking the Muse, where four writers talk about the writing process.
October 21, 2007

>god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens

>Subtitled: How Religion Poisons Everything. I rate this book highly mostly because I agree with it. As the subtitle suggests, religion has done far…
October 20, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Sin Dolor" by T. Coraghessan Boyle

>Set in Mexico, this is the story of a doctor in a village who one day delivers a baby who doesn’t cry. He finds…
October 18, 2007

>Interview with Steven McDermott

>Kelly Spitzer interviews Steven McDermott(Editor of Storyglossia) at the Writer Profile Project.
October 18, 2007

>B.A.S.S.

>I’m just beginning to make my way through Best American Short Stories 2007, edited by Stephen King, and now word comes that Salman Rushdie…