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.
March 24, 2007

>VaBook.org: Literary Editors/Book Fair

>Today at the Virginia Festival of the Book was Crime Wave (way too many mystery writers in one place) and Publishing Day (events with…
March 24, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Playdate" by Kate Walbert

>I expect most men will not like this story (“Playdate” by Kate Walbert); I didn’t. For one thing, men are mostly absent from it….
March 23, 2007

>VaBook.org: Communities of Memory/Disasters in Fact and Fiction

>I made it to two Virginia Festival of the Book programs today (plus a little time for coffee drinking and reading at the Mudhouse)….
March 21, 2007

>VaBook.org: Lives Turned Upside Down

>I only managed to get to one event at the Virginia Festival of the Book today but it was a good one. The theme…
March 21, 2007

>Festival Begins

>Today is the opening day of the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville. I’ve got my own busy day today but I plan…
March 20, 2007

>Upper Valley Writers Show

>I haven’t been good about attending the Upper Valley Writers Show, held once a month at the Beverley Street Studio School in Staunton, but…
March 18, 2007

>Bare-breasted Mama

>The latest installment of Gail Konop Baker‘s column, Bare-breasted Mama, is now up at Literary Mama. Check it out, and be sure to leave…
March 18, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Lucky Alan" by Jonathan Lethem

>As a non-New Yorker, I think New Yorker stories are better when the characters find a reason to be somewhere other than New York….
March 18, 2007

>Million Writers Award 2007

>StorySouth is now (through April 15) taking reader nominations for its coveted Million Writers Award. Stories (of more than 1000 words) published online during…
March 18, 2007

>The Devil is an Ass

>Last night I saw the American Shakespeare Center’s production of Ben Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass, the fifth and final play in ASC’s…