Author: Cliff

>is a mess. Not really, but it could be neater. Which is why I’m alway looking looking for storage solutions. Not long ago I…

>By John Banville The Sea, which won the Man Booker prize last year, is a beautiful disappointment. The novel tells a story that is…

>Need to know John LeCarre’s real name? Curious what other names Joyce Carol Oates has used? Check out the Pseudonym Dictionary.

>For those of us who live in the South, the annual Algonquin series New Stories from the South, sort of a regional BASS, is…

>Check out Katrina Denza’s Litmag Reviews at MoorishGirl.

>The Yale Review is not one of my favorites. It tends to be heavily academic, with just two short stories per issue. The current…

>by Tom Bissell This collection of stories was an enjoyable read, mostly because the territory was familiar to me from my own experience—the Central…

>If you are thinking of attending a Writers’ Conference this summer, now is probably the time to apply. (Links for the conferences I’ve participated…

>I’ve been trying to get caught up on my journal reading, not an easy task given the number of subscriptions I have acquired—out of…

> Ploughshares. The lead story in the Winter 2005-06 issue is “Talk” by Ann Beattie. I didn’t love it. In fact I can’t say…