Tobias Wolff lectures, reads for creative writing class

Tobias Wolff, an American author and short-story writer, taught Professor Robert Olmstead's advanced writing class on Wednesday, February 12, 1986, and gave readings of his work to a full crowd at the Bernard Center.

His readings included "Hunters in the Snow" and "In the Garden of the North American Martyrs" from his first collection of short stories. Wolff went on to cover various topics in writing technique, including point of view, characterization and form, and also conducted a question and answer period.