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.
June 23, 2007

>Get Paid For Your Writing?

>Apparently the new issue of Poets & Writers includes an article by Steve Almond in which he argues that writers should not be willing…
June 22, 2007

>Don Reid Pens Novel

>Although I’m not a fan of their music–or country music in general–the Statler Brothers are heroes here in Staunton, Virginia, their home town, so…
June 22, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Homework" by Helen Simpson

>George is thirteen. He comes home from school and whines to his mother that he has an essay due the next day on an…
June 20, 2007

>Congratulations Susan Meyers!

>SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) yesterday announced the winners of the 2007 SIBA Awards and I am thrilled that Susan Myers’s book Keep and…
June 20, 2007

>Eureka!

>Eureka Literary Magazine, that is. I’m very fond of this magazine, one of the first to publish my work. At the time, they didn’t…
June 19, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Sweetheart Sorrow" by David Hoon Kim

>Set in Paris, the narrator is concerned about Fumiko, another foreign student. He, it turns out, was born in Japan but was adopted as…
June 18, 2007

>Rain Taxi

>Are you familiar with Rain Taxi? You’re a book lover, right? So you should be. The magazine is quarterly in both print and, with…
June 18, 2007

>Ploughshares News

>I heard a couple of days ago from a usually reliable source that Don Lee, longtime (like 18 years?) editor of Ploughshares is leaving…
June 17, 2007

>The New Yorker: "1966" by Denis Johnson

>I don’t think I get Denis Johnson. I’ve read some of his work and other people rave, but I’m generally not satisfied. Here we…
June 15, 2007

>Tinker Mountain Day 5

>The last day began early as we convened at the Moody Center to caravan up to the Potts Mountain Shooting range. I totally believe…