Author: Cliff

I recently received a copy of Happy Dreams by Jia Pingwa to review for the Washington Independent Review of Books. I liked the book a lot and…

I am very happy to report that I have signed a contract with Braddock Avenue Books for the publication of my novel, The Shaman of…

As an internationalist, I’ve always been interested in fiction set outside the United States, whether it’s literature from another country translated into English or…

Although I spend most of my time writing and reading, I do attempt to experience the non-literary world from time to time. Besides endless…

Some pretty awesome writers like Tim O’Brien, Elizabeth Strout, and Peter Ho Davies had some very kind words to say about my first collection…

I’m leaving for home tomorrow and have finished with the last phase of the research, a visit to Colonial-era buildings in Singapore. The British…