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An Evening with Wally Lamb

Best-selling author to speak at EasternAuthor Wally Lamb.

Connecticut icon and best-selling author Wally Lamb will visit Eastern Connecticut State University on March 9 for a lecture titled Connecticut on My Mind, as well as a reception and book signing. The author of such books as The Hour I First Believed, She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True will speak in the Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Instructional Center (FAIC) at 5:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session.

A reception and book signing will take place in the FAIC foyer from 7-8 p.m.

The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited due to COVID-19 and event registration is required. Masking is required inside the venue.

To register, visit https://easternct.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0lJaXUVMVq8qWLI .

The lecture will also livestream on the University’s YouTube channel at 5:30 p.m. on March 9.

Lamb’s visit is in coordination with Eastern’s “Big Read” program to present stories and bring writers to campus who focus on themes of human interconnectedness.

Excerpted from an ECSU website post written by Ed Osborn

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Ct Lit Fest Event

 

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Join me for a reading followed by coverstation with Real Art Ways executive director, Will K. Wilkins.

 

Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 pm.     To attend the series, or a single event, please register via Crowdcast, here.

 

 

 

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The Truth Within the Story: I Know This Much Is True

The cast of I Know This Much Is True, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr., and CNN New Day’s Alisyn Camerota discuss the impact mental illness has had on their lives.

Based on the 1998 bestselling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance, this limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo. A family saga, it tells a story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America.

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I Know This Much Is True

HBO limited series to premiere May 10th
 

Based on the 1998 bestselling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance.  This limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo.  A family saga, it tells a story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America.

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HBO’S Latest Trailer for I Know This Much Is True

Based on the 1998 bestselling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance,this limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo.

A family saga, it tells a story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century America.



 

 

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HBO’s I Know this Much is True to premiere this spring!

The six-episode limited series, based on my novel of the same name, is set to run this spring.

 

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You Don’t Know Me: The Incarcerated Women of York Prison Voice Their Truths

In a new collection of essays, New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb guides the writing of the inmates at York Correctional Institution into moments of honesty and revelation, presenting the truths discovered during incarceration 

An adopted woman searching for her origins discovers she was born in prison. A bank robber reminisces about her first theft in kindergarten. A prisoner serving a life sentence examines the nature of time. A young woman dreams of escape not from prison but from addiction and will sadly fail at both. These are just a few of the stories found in You Don’t Know Me: The Incarcerated Women of York Prison Voice Their Truths.

For more than twenty years, New York Times bestselling novelist Wally Lamb has led a writing workshop for the women at the York Correctional Institution, Connecticut’s only prison for women. In You Don’t Know Me, their autobiographical essays challenge our assumptions about the incarcerated and the criminal justice system. The fifteen stories presented here offer an honest look at a group of women who write to confront and transcend their histories and their lives in prison, gaining valuable insight along the way. Alongside the women’s writing is Lamb’s own chapter devoted to his reunion with several of his former students—ex-offenders who discuss their lives after prison and their reentry into a world dramatically changed by technology, altered family dynamics, and cultural shifts. In discussion with Lamb, the women movingly recount their reintegration into society, the challenges of finding work, the value of family and support systems, and the ways in which their writing enhanced their rehabilitation.

Tackling timely themes and centered on the important issues of mass incarceration and draconian sentencing practices, You Don’t Know Me is a bracing call for rehabilitation and reform using stories that underline the humanity within us all.

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Wally Lamb’s “I Know This Much Is True” Green-lighted to be HBO Limited Series!

Wally joins as joint executive producer along with writer Derek Cianfrance and Mark Ruffalo, who will star as twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey. Check out these stories from the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline Hollywood for more info!

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An Evening with Fran Lebowitz in Conversation with Wally Lamb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come check out a conversation between Wally and Fran Lebowitz at the Garde at the Garde Theater in November!

Check out the events page for details.

 

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I Know This Much is True to be HBO series starring Mark Ruffalo

I Know This Much is True is to be made into an 8-episode series by HBO, to be written by Derek Cianfrance and star Mark Ruffalo, who along with Wally will be an executive producer.

Click here for Wally’s interview with Susan Dunne in the Courant for more information!

 

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