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.
August 3, 2006

>On the Road

>There’s an interesting article (“The Traveling Library”) in GQ this month, one that almost, but not quite, made me regret letting my subscription lapse…
August 2, 2006

>Buy a Book for a Soldier

>Regardless of your opinion about the war in Iraq (personally I think it is despicable), please consider supporting the troops through Press 53’s Buy…
August 2, 2006

>Tony D’Souza at Blackbird

>Check out this reading by Tony D’Souza at Blackbird.
August 1, 2006

>Reflections on Sewanee

>It may be too soon to offer “reflections” on my experience at this year’s Sewanee Writers’ Conference, but if not now, when? The conference…
July 31, 2006

>EWN Short Fiction Contest

>The deadline for entering the Emerging Writers Network short fiction contest is August 15. Check the EWN site for details.
July 30, 2006

>Sunday Miscellany

>House of Smoke and Fog. So as I mentioned yesterday, the farewell party was Saturday night (and well into this morning). The band was…
July 29, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Twelve

>It’s Saturday, the last day of the conference. My workshop met for the final time this morning and then there was some time off…
July 28, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Eleven

>We had readings this morning from Shannon Cain, Tom Hunley, Elizabeth Kadetsky (Scholars) and Rachel Cline, Chuck Erven and Chelsea Rathburn (fellows), followed by…
July 28, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Ten

>As expected, time has sped up and we are reeling toward the conclusion of the conference. This morning we had readings by scholars Anna…
July 27, 2006

>Sewanee–Day Nine

>The Staff readings at 9am were terrific: Sam Esquith, who read part of a novel set in Mali (he’s a former Peace Corps Volunteer),…