Author: Cliff

>For the last couple of days (apart from jotting down several story ideas and writing the first paragraphs of three of them) I’ve been…

>by Steve Almond I met Steve Almond at Bread Loaf last summer. His two earlier books, My Life in Heavy Metal and Candyfreak, had…

>Last year I took Spanish. I got to the point where I knew enough so that I could, if I kept studying and practicing…

> Ten Top Trivia Tips about George Bush! George Bush can last longer without water than a camel can. Koalas sleep for 22 hours…

>This has been a big week for readings. Today, Rebecca McClanahan winner of the Glasgow Prize from Shenandoah, did a reading at Washington &…

>A couple of years ago, local poet Frank Albrecht started something called the Upper Valley Writers’ Show as a means of showcasing local writing…

>Check out the new independent press, Press 53

>I was glad to see widespread coverage of MLK Day–in our local paper, on the radio, on TV. Even King George II got into…

>Although in Charlottesville, home of the University of Virginia, just 40 miles to the east, literary events are commonplace, in Staunton, our little town…

>I’m not a movie person. When I rent or buy a DVD, inevitably I can’t sit through the whole thing without either giving up…