A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"..."I can see them swarming you," Lawrence Wright said across the little outdoor table. His words..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Twins, Genes, and Destiny: Lawrence Wright Meets Three Identical Strangers

Texas writer on the study behind the shocking new documentary

"...and it may never have happened without Texas writer Lawrence Wright. (WARNING: huge spoilers ahead.)..."

July 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panel: Lawrence Wright

“Trump is the most 'Texas' president we’ve ever had”

"...In a wide-ranging conversation Friday afternoon, the loudest reaction Lawrence Wright evoked from his audience of a couple hundred..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Michael King

The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid

In his account of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the New Yorker writer reports the killers are off the leash

"...That means that Lawrence Wright's informative and insightful The Plague Year: America in..."

June 4, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael King

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright

From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy

"...less explored. Hulu's series The Looming Tower, based on Lawrence Wright's award-winning book, pokes at these ideas. It exposes..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

'My Trip to Al-Qaeda': Lawrence Wright's journey from page to stage

Lawrence Wright's experiences in the years he spent researching The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 have become the basis for a one-man theatrical work

"...The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Lawrence Wright naturally had many things he couldn't include in..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Lawrence Wright's Novel, an Imagined Pandemic That's Frighteningly Real

If disease-ravaged world of The End of October feels like our own, that’s because the author did his research rigorously

"...headlines actually appear. But with The End of October, Lawrence Wright looks to have joined their number. His new..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...authors will be present in abundance, including local luminary Lawrence Wright, who most recently turned his long gaze to..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: Tom Hanks
in Conversation With Lawrence Wright

When writing, the Oscar winner seeks moments of serendipity

"...Hanks and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Austinite Lawrence Wright sat in big leather armchairs to discuss Hanks’..."

Nov. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

ATX Television: Bill Lawrence's TV Guide

'Scrubs', 'Cougar Town' creator educates the ATX Festival

"...When Bill Lawrence tells you that network television as we know it..."

June 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Doesn't Wright Promote My Conspiracy Theories?

"...Dear Editor, After reading Taylor Holland’s interview with Lawrence Wright ["Eve of Destruction," Arts, August 1], author of..."

Aug. 15, 2006 Postmarks

Their Eyes Were Watching Wright

Local author bugged

"...Austin author, Pulitzer Prize-winner, and terrorism expert Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to..."

June 18, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Texas

Lawrence Wright’s newest novel isn’t just Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

"...At times while reading Pulitzer Prize-winning, Austin-based writer Lawrence Wright's new novel, Mr. Texas, I couldn't help thinking..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Decoder

Lawrence Wright reflects on a decade spent exploring and explaining the Middle East in My Trip to Al-Qaeda

"...I met Lawrence Wright in 2001, before 9/11. The day he called,..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Exceeding Themselves

Lawrence Wright's Thirteen Days in September tells how Carter, Sadat, and Begin made an impossible peace

"...without war and strife. But Austin author and journalist Lawrence Wright reminds us of a moment in the not-too-distant..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Alex Gibney's doc penetrates the church's cloak of secrecy

"...and the Prison of Belief, which closely adheres to Lawrence Wright’s acclaimed 2013 book of the same name, doesn’t..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Austin author Lawrence Wright (Remembering Satan, God's Favorite) went to his editor..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Double Take

Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice

"...Screenwriter Lawrence Wright and General Manuel Noriega are both eligible for..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

The Siege

"...agents of terror behind the charade. Zwick and co-scenarists Lawrence Wright and Menno Myers go to great lengths to..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...Lapucki, and a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners in Lawrence Wright and Héctor Tobar. Well, hold onto your bifocals,..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State

by Lawrence Wright

"...Lawrence Wright describes his arrival in the Middle East as..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael King

A League of Their Own

"...Harrigan. God's Favorite, the Manuel Noriega story written by Lawrence Wright (The Siege), is currently in production by Showtime...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Three Identical Strangers

Deception, research, and an almost unbelievable mystery of triplets divided at birth

"...assist from Austin’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Lawrence Wright, whose interest in the topic originated when he..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...Directed by: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright explores the origins and alleged abuses of the Church of Scientology

"...Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Beliefby Lawrence Wright Knopf, 448 pp., $28.95..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

God's Favorite: A Novel

"...God's Favorite: A Novelby Lawrence Wright..."

March 24, 2000 Books Review by Clay Smith

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...teasers that trumpeted the likes of Stacey Abrams and Lawrence Wright and Texas Writer Award recipient Elizabeth Crook...."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Welcome to the Future

Texas is just like America, only more so

"...his new book, God Save Texas, peripatetic Aus­tin writer Lawrence Wright remarks how many bi-coastal folks he meets find..."

March 16, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Five Things to Do at the Texas Book Festival

Online and in-person picks, from Pinocchio to plagues to portals to Hell

"...Oct. 25, 7pm. The Plague Year: Pulitzer Prize Winner Lawrence Wright in Conversation..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

HBO Going Under the Dome for 'God Save Texas'

Lights, camera, point of order in new political drama

"...moseyed down to Texas. The script will come from Lawrence Wright (author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the..."

June 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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