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 1, 2007

>GoodReads

>Got an invitation from Val to join GoodReads this morning, so I did. It looks kind of like a focussed version of MySpace–it’s all…
June 1, 2007

>Winter of Different Directions, by Steven J. McDermott

>Today is the last day of Short Story Month. I didn’t even come close to reading the 20 books I was aiming for. I…
May 31, 2007

>Politics

>I’ve been spending too much time on my other blog, lately: Democracy in Virginia. It’s primary and nominating caucus season so there’s been a…
May 30, 2007

>LitMag Wave: The Sun, June 2007

>As we near the end of Short Story Month, it seems fitting that we return to Alex Mindt, whose story collection The Male of…
May 30, 2007

>Boldtype #44

>Boldtype #44 is live!
May 29, 2007

>NightTrain is Back!

>Check out a new issue of NightTrain.
May 29, 2007

>Spit Baths, by Greg Downs

>More Short Story Month: The stories in Greg Downs’s Spit Baths are filled with oddball characters and twisted relationships, often with an absent father…
May 29, 2007

>Favorite Font?

>What a great topic to discuss in order to avoid actual writing. What font do you use? Kathy S. (a.k.a. my sister) sent me…
May 28, 2007

>ScriptFrenzy

>A couple of years ago I participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) during which I wrote a [very] rough draft of a novel…
May 28, 2007

>Lacrosse Champs!

>The Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team won the National Championship yesterday in Philadelphia—for the third straight year—by beating the University of Virginia in a…