Catherine and Tobias Wolff: Imagination, Creativity & Beyond

When our imaginations speculate about the afterlife that most of us believe in, they are probably less effective (as Sir Thomas Browne pointed out) than two infants still in the womb trying to describe our far more mundane adult human reality. But as Catherine Wolff demonstrates in Beyond, that does not stop us from trying. Over and over again. Autobiographical storytelling is a similar act of our imaginations’ desire to understand reality by editing it vigorously.
Join us to discuss how we think about the beyond with Catherine Wolff, and with her husband Tobias Wolff, a master of that autobiographical art. We will delve into the overlapping boundaries of our imaginations, our creativity, our dreams, and what comes next. If anything.
MLF: Humanities
This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
SPEAKERS
Catherine Wolff
Former Director, the Arrupe Center for Community-Based Learning, Santa Clara University; Author, Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven
Tobias Wolff
Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor, Emeritus, Department of English, Stanford University; Author, This Boy’s Life and In Pharoah’s Army
In Conversation with George Hammond
Author, Conversations With Socrates
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OK, What is the the point of this, no better than 2 uncles, aunties a dad and a sophomoric teenanger at thanksgiving. Some 'fun condemnation' for me here.

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Don’t waste my time again.