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tobias wolff

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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 10/9–10/15

  • Nishant Batsha
  • October 9, 2019
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 10/3–10/9

  • Nishant Batsha
  • October 3, 2018
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Both Us and Not Us: A Conversation with Will Boast

  • Catherine Lacey
  • April 16, 2018
Will Boast discusses his new novel, Daphne, Roman myths, emotional control via cell phone towers, and the rise of the “neuro novel.”
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You Can’t Be a Snob with Bad Teeth: Talking with David Sedaris

  • Lyz Lenz
  • June 2, 2017
David Sedaris discusses his new collection of diary entries, Theft By Finding, his love for book signings, and his inevitable return to IHOP.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brendan Jones

  • Ben Pfeiffer
  • May 2, 2016
Brendan Jones talks about his debut novel, The Alaskan Laundry, living in Alaska, his time as a Wallace Stegner Fellow, and living and loving what you write.
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Oh, Crap, I Still Have to Write a Book

  • Kyle Williams
  • October 26, 2015
Over at the New Yorker, George Saunders maps out his writing education, from Tobias Wolff’s call to his parents’ house to tell him about his acceptance to the Syracuse Creative…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Stepfatherhood

  • Sharon Harrigan
  • June 20, 2015
“He was my real dad,” she says. “I just happened to have two.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Paul Griner

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • May 22, 2015
Paul Griner talks about his newest novel, Second Life, his just-released story collection Hurry Please I Want to Know, putting real life into fiction, and whether creative writing can be taught.
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The Rumpus Interview with Shulem Deen

  • Dylan Foley
  • May 15, 2015
Shulem Deen talks about his memoir, All Who Go Do Not Return.
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The Rumpus Interview with Boris Fishman

  • David Breithaupt
  • October 30, 2014
Boris Fishman discusses his debut novel, A Replacement Life, Russia, the “immigrant novel,” Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, and Vladimir Putin.
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The Rumpus Interview with Geoffrey Wolff

  • J.B. Powell
  • March 5, 2014
Essayist and writer Geoffrey Wolff talks about the universality of experience, why good memoir draws more attention to the characters around you, and trading writing tips with his brother Tobias.
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Tobias Wolff On Short Stories

  • Seth Fischer
  • November 22, 2009
“(T)he only real people left who write short stories now are people who write literary short stories, if you will. And they are a little more demanding than the average…
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