Lawrence Wright

1 month ago | startribune.com | Claude Peck |Lawrence Wright

‘The Human Scale’ explores life between the bombs in the Middle EastFiction: A slain Israeli cop sparks a violent chain reaction in the ancient city of Hebron. Lawrence Wright (Kenny Braun/Knopf)That was true in his excellent “Going Clear,” an exhaustively reported take-down of L. Ron Hubbard and his Church of Scientology. (Read it — you will never be able to enjoy Tom Cruise in a movie again.) “The End of October” is his 2021 novel about a global pandemic.

2 months ago | thepreamble.com | Lawrence Wright |Marissa Martinez |Paige Pfleger |Sharon McMahon

It’s time for a weekly recap and an important announcement about something that’s coming up tomorrow!What happens when fear and prejudice are ignited by the hysteria of war? In our new podcast series, 9066: One Signature Changed it All, you’ll find out. When FDR signed executive order 9066, he upended lives and forever altered the course of American history. With the stroke of a pen, more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry would be forced from their homes, jobs, schools, and lives.

May 7, 2024 | audible.com | Stephen King |Sam Wasson |Lawrence Wright |Victor LaValle

"Hi. It's me, Whoopi, and they've asked me over at Audible to give you five books that I love. If you're looking for something to listen to at some point, these are the ones I suggested. Now, if they're not for you, they're not for you. What can I do except give you the best of what's in my small but moving brain? Thank you." —Whoopi Goldberg, author of Bits and PiecesWatch Whoopi's recommendation video or save her picks to your Library Collections.

Nov 9, 2023 | austinchronicle.com | Lawrence Wright |Jay Trachtenberg

At times while reading Pulitzer Prize-winning, Austin-based writer Lawrence Wright's new novel, Mr. Texas, I couldn't help thinking of Frank Capra's 1939 film classic, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jimmy Stewart as a naive, idealistic, greenhorn politician who tries to navigate the endemic corruption in the nation's capital. While this smart, quite funny, satirical novel may not pretend to be Mr. Smith Goes to Austin, the broad strokes are certainly evident.

Sep 28, 2023 | wacotrib.com | Lawrence Wright |Carl Hoover

Texas author Lawrence Wright turns to fiction in his new novel “Mr. Texas” and the shift from nonfiction may allow him to tell more of the truth. His tale of failing and somewhat naive West Texas rancher Sonny Lamb catapulted into the Texas Legislature, with expected and unexpected results, has seen multiple shapes since he came up with the idea during the Camelot era of Texas Democrats when Ann Richards was governor.