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.
May 21, 2007

>Who Are You?

>You Are Who You Read, according to this post by Weston Ochse at a collaborative blog called Storytellers Unplugged. I like what he has…
May 19, 2007

>LitMag Wave: One Story #88

>“Aerogrammes” by Tania James is about Hari Panicker, a widowed Indian immigrant in the U.S. whose son Sunit is in New York trying to…
May 18, 2007

>The New Yorker: "A Beneficiary" by Nadine Gordimer

>This isn’t one of my favorites. I like the language well enough and the protagonist Charlotte is interesting (if not fully formed), but the…
May 18, 2007

>Stephan Clark in LA Weekly

>Check out “Topsy the Elephant” by Stephan Clark in LA Weekly.
May 18, 2007

>Uke Rivers Delivers, by R.T. Smith

>More Short Story Month. Although I first knew of R.T. Smith as a poet and the editor of Shenandoah, he’s also published numerous short…
May 17, 2007

>The Binnacle

>Last year, I was one of many finalists in The Binnacle‘s ultra-short contest. The “issue” with the winners and finalists came out a few…
May 17, 2007

>Short Story Review

>Considering that it’s still Short Story Month (and I’m falling behind my overly ambitious reading schedule), it seemed a happy coincidence to come across…
May 16, 2007

>Pushcart Prizes

>Writers have been hearing in recent weeks that their work has been selected for a Pushcart Prize. (Nominations were submitted by December 1, nominees…
May 16, 2007

>failbetter.com

>Lots of good reading in Failbetter 23, now live, including an interview with Chris Bohjalian.
May 15, 2007

>Good News from GSU Review

>Three weeks ago I was informed that my story, “Nanking Mansion,” was a finalist in the 2007 GSU Review Fiction Contest. That was good…