January 27, 2005 - Talking Volumes with author Tobias Wolf. Kerri Miller, host of Midmorning, for a conversation with author Tobias Wolff. They will discuss Wolff's new novel, "Old School." It tells the story a boy at an elite prep school in 1960, exploring deceptions and betrayals with an unblinking eye and a bottomless store of empathy. A teacher at Stanford University, Wolff has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award.
January 19, 2005 - Author Tobias Wolff will open the second-half of the Talking Volumes season later this month. You may remember his memoir, This Boy's Life, which was made into a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Now Wolff is out with his first novel, "Old School." He says the story gave him the "ideal lens" through which to write about themes like class and ambition and ethics.