Lawrence Wright

生年: August 02, 1947 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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Lawrence Wright is an American journalist, staff writer for The New Yorker, and nonfiction author whose work examines terrorism, religion, politics, and the Middle East. He is best known for The Looming Tower, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and Going Clear, an influential investigation of Scientology.

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Lawrence Wright built his career from an education and apprenticeship that gave him both a Texas grounding and a durable interest in the wider world. Educated at Tulane University and the American University in Cairo, he began professionally at The Race Relations Reporter in Nashville in 1971. A major turn came in 1980, when he joined Texas Monthly, sharpening the long-form, scene-driven reporting that would become his signature; another came in 1992, when he joined The New Yorker as a staff writer. From there, he developed into an established American narrative journalist working at the intersection of politics, religion, culture, and power.

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I think we could be looking at a new international standard
-A Superhero-Based Phonetic Alphabet That Will Save Us All from Confusion
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Now, it's essentially banned because of the libel laws
-Britain’s Libel Laws Lead to Ban of Going Clear
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And hatred is a luscious emotion
-Overheard with Evan Smith
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At least you begin to think about the other in a humane way
-Overheard with Evan Smith
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I'm drawn to people who are in conflictual situations
-Overheard with Evan Smith
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Getting into death row was the hardest part of it
-LAWRENCE WRIGHT Q&A
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Nobody's read all my books
-LAWRENCE WRIGHT Q&A
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I don’t think we’ve ever had a more volatile and uncertain policy in the region than we do right now
-Ali Soufan & Lawrence Wright on Policy in the Middle East
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We can make a change that will lead us to a stronger and more unified future, or we can forfeit this opportunity
-Author Lawrence Wright on eerie parallels between the pandemic and his new novel

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"Lawrence Wright’s integrity and diligence as a reporter shine through every page"

Robert A. Caro

"Lawrence Wright shines a light on a world that prefers to keep its players off stage"

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Lawrence Wright is an American original"

David Ignatius

"Lawrence Wright has dug deep into and written well a story every American should know"

Dan Rather

"Lawrence Wright, whose nonfiction journalism is exemplary, proves he can hit from both sides of the plate"

Susan Orlean

"Lawrence Wright’s remarkable novel reflects an inescapably harsh reality with realism and compassion"

Air Mail

"Lawrence Wright provides a graceful and remarkably intimate set of portraits of the people who brought us 9/11"

Gary Sick

"Lawrence Wright is the foremost anthropologist of all things Texas"

Mark McKinnon

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