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.
January 18, 2007

>Damned if I Do, by Percival Everett

>As noted in an earlier post (“Reading on the Road”), I really enjoyed Percival Everett’s Damned if I Do, a story collection published in…
January 17, 2007

>MFA Program Rankings

>For what it’s worth, Seth Abramson has a detailed discussion of Creative Writing MFA Program Rankings. There are no low-residency programs in the rankings,…
January 16, 2007

>Rain Taxi Auction

>Rain Taxi is holding its annual auction to raise money for its operations. As always, they have some great items donated by wonderful authors….
January 16, 2007

>The Day After

> Since there was much goodbye-saying at the Saturday night party, it’s too bad we couldn’t just leave it at that, but Magda planned…
January 15, 2007

>UTV Day 9

> The last official day of Under the Volcano was light. In the morning, since we had no workshops, I stayed at Las Golondrinas…
January 13, 2007

>UTV Day 8

>We finished up workshop in the morning by looking at one participant’s story and then looking at a short Isaac Babel story, “Crossing into…
January 12, 2007

>UTV Day 7

>Thursday gets its own post because of the special event we had in the afternoon. First, we had our regular workshop session in which…
January 11, 2007

>UTV Days 5 and 6

>Tuesday was a light day. We workshopped in the morning–my second submission from the new novel was discussed, along with an excerpt from another…
January 8, 2007

>UTV Days 3 and 4

>The workshop proper began on Sunday afternoon when we met to discuss three stories, including my submission which is the opening of my rough…
January 6, 2007

>UTV Days 1 and 2

>Friday was an introductory day for Under the Volcano, as people drifted in from all over. I arrived at Las Golondrinas about 2pm, having…