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...meetings in Wolff??s living room marked the beginning of what is now one of the most popular concentrations on campus, Social Studies. In 1960, 15 students in three tutorials embodied the realization of a plan for an interdisciplinary and comprehensive concentration that had been years in the making. While the program has flourished over the years, some complications and doubts surrounded its formation...
Students saw the breadth of the concentration as a distinct advantage. “It was great, broad, and it meant that I didn’t have to narrow myself,” Charles A. Stevenson ’63 said. Stevenson, a member of Wolff??s first tutorial, returned to co-teach Social Studies’ international relations junior tutorial from 1968 to 1970. “It kept more options open longer. My mind got stretched by my sophomore tutorial more than any other experience at Harvard...
...been five years since Tobias Wolff??s last novel and over 10 years since his last collection of short stories. He has had time to hone, revise, even recreate his writing. So what’s new about the new stories in his latest book of short stories?Frankly, not much.Wolff was already a sophisticated writer a decade ago; his marginal improvement can only be that—marginal. His characters, his versatility, and—oh, God—his language are as mesmerizing as ever. But Wolff??s greatest strength...
...most literary of sports has inspired yet another volume: Wolff??a former infielder for the Crimson who later played for minor league affiliates of the Chicago White Sox and the New York Mets—and his father, Rick, are the co-authors of a baseball memoir titled “Harvard Boys: A Father and Son’s Adventures in Minor League Baseball,” out in bookstores tomorrow...
...Wolff??s apparent frustration with the Harvard coaching staff surfaces as another of the book’s motifs. During his entire collegiate career, according to the Crimson record books, he totaled just 17 official at-bats...