Wally Lamb
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Walter (Wally) Lamb was born in Norwich, Connecticut on October 17, 1950. He attended the University of Connecticut, receiving a B.A. in 1972 and an M.A. in 1977; he also earned an M.F.A. from Vermont College in 1984. Lamb has written numerous short stories, most notably "Astronauts", which visa mer received both the Pushcart Prize and the University of Missouri's William Peden Prize in 1990. He is also the author of the bestselling novels She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, The Hour I First Believed and We Are Water. Lamb writes stories, he says, because he sometimes hears another voice in his head and feels the need to tell that character's story. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title We are Water. However, he feels an equally strong calling to teach, and has no plans to become a fulltime writer. He has taught English at the Norwich Free Academy since 1972, and for many years directed the Academy's writing center, which he also played a major role in creating. The idea for it developed as he became more involved in fiction writing himself and realized that the common methods of teaching composition, which involved grading a paper and commenting on it after the student was finished, were not particularly helpful. He set up a program that allowed students to get feedback from both teachers and peers early in the writing process, so that they could incorporate the suggestions into their final work. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Connecticut. He is also the volunteer facilitator of a writing workshop at the York Correctional Institution. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Verk av Wally Lamb
Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution (Testimonies from our… (2003) 756 exemplar
I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison (2007) — Redaktör; Inledning — 241 exemplar
The Wally Lamb Fiction Collection: The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much is True, We Are Water, and Wishin' and… (2014) 3 exemplar
I Know This Much Is True / She's Come Undone 1 exemplar
A Light In The Window 1 exemplar
We are water 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 381 exemplar
Scout, Atticus, and Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird (2010) — Inledning — 259 exemplar
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- Födelsedag
- 1950-10-17
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Mansfield, Connecticut, USA
- Utbildning
- University of Connecticut (BA|Education)
University of Connecticut (MA|Education)
Vermont College (MFA|Writing) - Yrken
- director (Writing Center at the Norwich Free Academy)
Associate Professor (Creative Writing|University of Connecticut)
Author - Priser och utmärkelser
- Governor’s Arts Award, Connecticut (1998)
NEA grant for fiction
Missouri Review William Peden fiction prize - Kort biografi
- Wally Lamb lives in Connecticut with his wife and three sons.
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Diskussioner
Twin Brothers, one in mental hospital i Name that Book (september 2012)
Recensioner
She's come undone av Wally Lamb
Picked this up, randomly, in a trade. Genuinely one of the worst things I've ever read. Bad to the point of offensiveness, in addition to being actually offensive.
Story of Domonick and his troubled identical twin brother, who protests at the first Gulf War by cutting off his hand.[return][return]This leads Domonick to assess how his life has gone, and confront some long buried issues. [return][return]900 pages long, this is a biggie, have to admit to skimming chunks of it because I got a little bored, but generally worth while
Story of Domonick and his troubled identical twin brother, who protests at the first Gulf War by cutting off his hand.[return][return]This leads Domonick to assess how his life has gone, and confront some long buried issues. [return][return]900 pages long, this is a biggie, have to admit to skimming chunks of it because I got a little bored, but generally worth while
One of the best books I've ever read. Although it's long in length I think I read it in two or three days, I couldn't put it down. As soon as I was done I gave it to my Gran to read, she also loved it. Everyone should read this book!!!
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Statistik
- Verk
- 13
- Även av
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 29,762
- Popularitet
- #676
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 757
- ISBN
- 220
- Språk
- 14
- Favoritmärkt
- 134
- Proberstenar
- 577
