READING: Peter Orner and Tobias Wolff

Monday 27 January
Lecture Room - 6pm

Two contemporary American authors will read from their works. Peter Orner, the Joseph Brodsky Fellow in Literature at the American Academy in Rome, will read two short stories, one of which appeared originally in The Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of Esther Stories, which was a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book. Also a lawyer, Orner has taught law as well as writing and is currently on the faculty of San Francisco State University.

Tobias Wolff, holder of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is a winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award and teaches at Stanford University. He will read a short story and selection from his most recent novel Old School. Wolff's numerous books include the memoirs This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army, as well as his recent and highly acclaimed collection The Night in Question. The event is co-sponsored by the Casa delle Letterature.

For further information: Contact the Programs Office (tel. 39-06-5846459)

American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome, Italy.