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Wally Lamb: The Hour I First Believed

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Wally Lamb Writes About the Columbine School Massacre

03 min 32 sec

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Author Wally Lamb discusses his research of school shootings for The Hour I First Believed, particularly the disturbing videos left behind by the Columbine High School gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold "laughing at all of us."

Lamb says his third degree connection to "a version of Columbine" and experience as a high school teacher prepared him to write the novel.
Wally Lamb on Meeting Columbine Gunman's Father

02 min 55 sec

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While signing copies of The Hour I First Believed, a book about the Columbine High School massacre, author Wally Lamb was approached by the father of gunman Eric Harris.

Lamb remembers the details of the emotionally charged moment.
Wally Lamb on His Writing Workshop for Female Inmates

06 min 02 sec

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Author Wally Lamb discusses the success of a writing workshop he taught to female inmates of York Correctional Institution in Connecticut.

Lamb uses the metaphor of a maze to explain the cathartic experience of writing.
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AuthorsinKind

Posted: 04.03.09, 11:18 AM

MEET WALLY LAMB God's Love We Deliver is hosting the 6th Annual Authors in Kind Literary Luncheon at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom in New York on Thursday, April 23, 2009. Come meet guest authors Wally Lamb, William D. Cohan, and Giulia Melucci and watch acclaimed legal expert Linda Fairstein as Master of Ceremonies. Each guest will receive a complimentary signed copy of one of the author's books, and all titles will be available for purchase and signing at 11:30am prior to the 12:00 luncheon. For more information contact Susan Oher at (212) 294-8162 or aik@glwd.org .

Adriana

Posted: 12.27.08, 11:51 AM

I am an avid fan of Wally Lamb, I was so excited when I heard of this new book and about half way through the book. It's great.