JWU Providence : Campus Reads: “She’s Come Undone” by Wally Lamb

Campus Reads: “She’s Come Undone” by Wally Lamb

Johnson & Wales University honors author Wally Lamb as Distinguished Visiting Professor. Lamb’s visit comes as the culmination of the university’s Campus Reads activities, as numerous students, faculty and staff read Lamb’s best-selling novel “She’s Come Undone.”

Author Wally Lamb
Wednesday, Apr 17, 7pm
Schneider Auditorium, Xavier Academic Complex
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An Oprah Book Club Selection, “She’s Come Undone,” is a funny, tragic, and uplifting coming-of-age story about the unforgettable Dolores Price. It is also Lamb’s first novel.

Lamb was the director of the Writing Center at the Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Connecticut from 1989-1998. He is currently an associate professor of Creative Writing at the University of Connecticut. He holds a BA and an MA in Education from the University of Connecticut, and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College.

Campus Reads
Join JWU for is a month-long series of discussions, films and cultural activities centered around a single book. Previous selections include:

  • Amy Tan’s “The Joy Luck Club”
  • Helene Cooper’s “House on Sugar Beach” 
  • Colin Beavan’s “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet”

JWU Campus Reads is now in its fourth year, and is sponsored by the John Hazen White School of Arts & Sciences.