Here’s an interview with Tobias Wolff by Robert Birnbaum from the archives of The Morning News (Thanks to Simon Shear at The Times for pointing it out.) The interview was recorded last April at the time of the release of Wolff’s most recent collection of short stories Our Story Begins. In the age of the e-book Wolff says, “You know, for better or worse, I’m still stuck in the mentality I began with, that books are the most important things. And I have been really slow to understand or make use of the new technologies connected with publishing, and I know that I’m very lucky to have a readership for my short stories and I know that’s getting harder and harder to attain for young writers, and that seems to be lamentable.” There’s also an audio clip accompanying the article so take  a listen.

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