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.
October 29, 2006

>Jim Webb’s Fiction

>I’ve mentioned here before that our Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia, Jim Webb, is a novelist, writing mostly war stories from…
October 29, 2006

>Men’s Journal Recommends

>I’m generally disturbed by the short shrift men’s magazines give to books. They publish little or no fiction and spend far more time on…
October 28, 2006

>Harvard and Poetry

>There are two interesting articles about poetry in Harvard Magazine this month (not to be confused with 02138, discussed here recently). One is about…
October 27, 2006

>Historical Novel Society

>My friend Sarah Park Rankin has been invited to participate on a panel at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Historical Novel Society. I…
October 25, 2006

>Paying Attention

>It would appear from this picture that I was listening very closely. I’m the one on the far right, at this reading at Staunton’s…
October 23, 2006

>Hiatus Ends

>If you have visited in the last week you may have noticed inactivity. That’s because I was away. I had a nice trip to…
October 17, 2006

>LitMag Wave: Redivider

>I’d heard good things about Redivider so I picked up a copy. The publication is run by MFA students at Emerson College and I…
October 14, 2006

>The Tempest

>Last weekend I saw Macbeth again at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse with a group from the Northwestern University Club of Virginia, after…
October 13, 2006

>Noo Journal

>Issue 5 of Noo Journal is now online. Time to check it out!
October 12, 2006

>National Book Awards

>And speaking of awards, the National Book Award finalists were announced yesterday. Sadly, I haven’t read any of the fiction nominees. Happily, I see…