'Lit: A Memoir,' by Mary Karr Nov 9, 2009
Tobias Wolff also plays a large role in her life, not only introducing her to his literary agent (who later became her agent for the best-selling "The Liar's Club") but to his priest, Father Kane. When Kane baptizes Karr, Wolff becomes her godfather. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Self-destruction, sobriety, and the light of Catholicism Nov 8, 2009
(Showing that life s ends can tie up even more neatly than literature s, Tobias Wolff, her grad school mentor, introduces her to the agent who persuades her to write The Liar s Club, and serves as her godfather when she finally enters the Church. . (Boston Globe)
Inupiaq poet wins prestigious national award Oct 29, 2009
Among authors who have received the award early in their careers are playwrights August Wilson and Tony Kushner and essayist Tobias Wolff. Alaskans who have previously won include Natalie Kusz and former Daily News columnist Seth Kantner. (Anchorage Daily News)
Jean Thompson writes of ‘common people’ in ‘Do Not Deny Me’ Oct 16, 2009
When Raymond Carver or Tobias Wolff or Alice Munro penetrate the souls of their subjects, what is revealed is the singularity, the playfulness, the evil, the canniness, the miraculous goodness - the uncommonness - of regular human beings. Trudging through one dreary tale after another in Do Not Deny Me, the reader becomes acquainted not with human beings but only their pale shadows. (Boston Globe)
You Lie! Great Slate Stories About Liars and Lying. Oct 2, 2009
": What Tobias Wolff gets and the frauds don't," by Judith Shulevitz. Posted March 24, 2008. (Slate)
Celebrating a father’s daze Jul 12, 2009
Tobias Wolff s This Boy s Life is a memoir. His brother Geoffrey s The Duke of Deception is a memoir. (Boston Globe)
Writers trace the powerful ties to their brothers Jun 21, 2009
In the tales of Geoffrey and Tobias Wolff, two brothers triangulate on the same summer and half-crazed father. Ethan Canin s pellucid reflections on his angular older brother is the only frame in which a sister seriously enters the picture. (Boston Globe)
Return to short form - McInerney remains master of short story Apr 18, 2009
Although McInerney has become defined by his novels, consider that he once studied under the legendary short story writers Raymond Carver and Tobias Wolff. Like most novelists, I cut my teeth writing short stories, McInerney writes in his preface, and that s one habit I ve never been able to break. (Missoulian, MT)
Phish eyes bootleg ban Mar 5, 2009
Wolff wins story prize Tobias Wolff, best known for his memoir "This Boy's Life," has been awarded a $20,000 prize for excellence in short story writing. Wolff won the Story Prize yesterday for the collection "Our Story Begins." The finalists - Jhumpa Lahiri, for "Unaccustomed Earth," and Joe Meno for "Demons in the Spring" - each received $5,000. (Boston Globe)
