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Books Review: Tragedies pile up in Wally Lamb’s new novel, but will readers care? Fiction: “The River Is Waiting” is a conventional white-dude-goes-to-prison book with the expected plot points.

Wally Lamb’s Guilty Pleasure Is a History of Mad Magazine His go-to classic is by Joseph Campbell, and he admires “Brothers and Keepers” and “The New Jim Crow” on incarceration.

In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him on a dangerous path ...

Indradeep Ghosh, a technology leader with over 25 years in industrial R&D, explores the evolving landscape of quantum computing and its potential to address some of today’s most complex scienti… ...

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The worst possible thing has happened to Corby Ledbetter, and he has only himself to blame. No spoilers but the tragedy is such, in Wally Lamb‘s “The River Is Waiting,” that Corby will ...

Alex Zietlow writes about the Carolina Panthers and the ways in which sports intersect with life for The Charlotte Observer, where he has been a reporter since August 2022. Zietlow’s work has ...

Marcelo Mayer — wearing the Wally head — got a kiss on both cheeks from a Red Sox starter after his first Fenway Park home run.

Break bread — and nothing else, we promise — with your favorite local news source at the Observer's first members-only supper at Radici on July 16. By Lauren Drewes Daniels June 18, 2025 ...

Oprah Winfrey unveiled her latest book club selection, "The River Is Waiting," by Wally Lamb. It's the third time Winfrey has picked a book by Lamb.

In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him on a dangerous path ...