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.
April 3, 2007

>Distractions

>With Spring come all the outdoor distractions–yard work, both the pleasurable and the necessary (I mowed the lawn today, the earliest since I’ve lived…
April 3, 2007

>More Literary Events

>James River Writers maintains a nice calendar of literary events in the Richmond, Virginia area.
April 3, 2007

>Bent Pin Quarterly

>The “very first issue” of Bent Pin Quarterly is now live and it looks like there’s some good reading there.
April 1, 2007

>ASC: Cyrano de Bergerac

>Since the Blackfriars Playhouse opened in 2001, I’ve been to nearly every play performed there by the American Shakespeare Center’s resident and touring companies….
March 31, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Teaching" by Roddy Doyle

>The narrator of Roddy Doyle’s “Teaching” has been teaching for 23 years and he’s not just burned out and dried up, he’s completely empty….
March 29, 2007

>Readings

>It was my intention to keep a calendar here of upcoming readings in the area, but I let that slip away from me. Now,…
March 28, 2007

>What do you read?

>I don’t mean by that question do you read chick lit or mysteries, short stories or novels. I mean it more . . ….
March 27, 2007

>Noö [six]

>Check out Noö[six] which is now live!
March 25, 2007

>A New Season at ASC

>Today’s performance of The Brats of Clarence at The Blackfriars Playhouse marks the end of the American Shakespeare Center’s 2007 Actors’ Renaissance Season. I…
March 24, 2007

>Bret Lott to leave The Southern Review

>Confirming something I heard today at the Virginia Festival of the Book, The Charleston S.C. City paper confirms that Bret Lott will be leaving…