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.
April 8, 2013

The New Yorker: “The Night of the Satellite” by T. Coraghessan Boyle

April 15, 2013: “The Night of the Satellite” by T. Coraghessan Boyle Paul and Mallory, graduate students on break between the summer and fall…
April 8, 2013

Book Giveaway: Signed copy of A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

I’m giving away a signed copy of the paperback version of Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Visit from the Goon Squad. (When I met…
April 6, 2013

The Tom Wolfe Lecture at Washington & Lee: Jennifer Egan

Tom Wolfe, a distinguished alumnus of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, returns each year to host the Tom Wolfe Lecture, a series…
April 4, 2013

Reading at One More Page Books

Last night, April 3, I had the pleasure of giving a reading at One More Page Books in Arlington, VA. It’s a very nice…
April 4, 2013

Poetry Month Spotlight: The Ones We Have by Leah Naomi Green

The Ones We Have by Leah Naomi Green is a fine chapbook published in 2012 by Flying Trout Press. Leah teaches at Washington & Lee…
April 3, 2013

Poetry Month Spotlight: Believing Their Shadows by Anne Colwell

Believing Their Shadows is a lovely book of poems by my friend Anne Colwell. Published by Word Press in 2010. From “Casida of the Lover…
April 2, 2013

Poetry Month Spotlight: Matching Skin by Shirlette Ammons

Today’s Poetry Month Spotlight falls on Matching Skin by Shirlette Ammons, a poet from Durham, NC. The book was published by Carolina Wren Press in 2008 and,…
April 2, 2013

2013 Reading: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A couple of years ago, everyone was talking about, so…
April 1, 2013

The New Yorker: “Valentine” by Tessa Hadley

April 8, 2013: “Valentine” by Tessa Hadley As revealed in the Q&A with Tessa Hadley, this story is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel,…
April 1, 2013

Poetry Month Spotlight: Sam Taylor’s Body of the World

Sam Taylor’s Body of the World was published in 2005, but I didn’t meet Sam until we were both in residence at the Virginia Center…