Wolff, Geoffrey
WOLFF, Geoffrey
WOLFF, Geoffrey. American, b. 1937. Genres: Novels, Biography. Career: Lecturer in Literature, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, 1961-63; Lecturer in American Literature, Istanbul University, 1962-63; Book Critic, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., 1964-69; Literary Critic, Newsweek, NYC, 1969-71; Resident Writer, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1970-74; Literary Editor, New Times, NYC, 1974-79; Lecturer, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1976; Lecturer, Columbia University, NYC, 1979; Contributor Editor, Esquire mag., NYC, 1979-82; Ferris Professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1980, 1992; Lecturer, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1981, 1988; Writer-in-Residence, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1982-94; Williams College, Visiting Professor, 1994; University of California, Irvine, Program in Writing, Director, 1995-. Publications: Bad Debts, 1969; The Sightseer, 1974; Black Sun (biography), 1976; Inklings, 1978; The Duke of Deception, 1979; Providence, 1986; (ed. with R. Atwan) Best American Essays 1989, 1989; The Final Club, 1990; A Day at the Beach, 1992; The Age of Consent, 1995. Address: Dept. of English, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2650, U.S.A. Online address: gwolff@uci.edu