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4 unusual facts about Tobias Wolff


Mỹ Tho

Mỹ Tho was the subject of "The Lesson", a chapter in a memoir by Tobias Wolff, In Pharoah's Army: Memories of the Lost War, describing the events of the 1968 Tet Offensive there.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

It is believed that his painting The Hunters in the Snow influenced the classic short story with the same title written by Tobias Wolff and featured in In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.

Saleema Nawaz

She cites her biggest short fiction influences as Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, and Raymond Carver.

The Florida Review

The magazine has featured fiction, poetry, interviews, and essays by such internationally renowned writers as Margaret Atwood, William Trowbridge, Stephen Dixon, Philip Heldrich, Grace Paley, Lorrie Moore, Mark Doty, and Tobias Wolff.


A Distant Episode

Among twentieth century short stories, it has a strong reputation and is a favorite of authors such as Tobias Wolff and Jay McInerney.

Narrative Magazine

Its online library of writing by established writers, such as T. C. Boyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Tobias Wolff, Robert Olen Butler, James Salter, Ann Packer, Chris Abani, Ann Beattie and Jayne Anne Phillips, and younger, new, and emerging writers, such as Anthony Marra, Emily Raboteau, Nate Haken, Edan Lepucki, Skip Horack, Josh Weil, and Will Boast is available for free.

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

The film also consists of commentaries and interviews with literary authors such as Tobias Wolff, Tim O'Brien, Anthony Swofford, Paul Fussell and James Salter.


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