Lawrence Wright
The New Yorker
Austin, TX, United States
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Past articles by Lawrence:
The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri
In light of the Al Qaeda leader’s recent death, Lawrence Wright revisits his 2002 New Yorker Profile of al-Zawahiri, who worked closely with Osama bin Laden. → Read More
Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Beat the Proliferation of New Virus Mutations?
Lawrence Wright writes about the new coronavirus variants that have emerged in Brazil, South Africa, and the U.K., and how the slight mutations in the virus might imperil efforts to create immunity through vaccines. → Read More
A Memorial for Jamal Khashoggi
On Thursday, journalists, lawmakers, human-rights advocates, and friends will gather to remember Jamal Khashoggi, and to stand up for those who have the courage to expose wrongdoing by the powerful. → Read More
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. He is also an author, screenwriter, and playwright. In 1993, Wright published a two-part article in the magazine about recovered memories, titled “Remembering Satan,” which won the National Magazine Award and the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism. He won another National Magazine Award for his 2011… → Read More
The Dark Bounty of Texas Oil
Will the booms and busts of the energy industry always dominate the state? → Read More
Lawrence Wright
Lawrence Wright has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. He is also an author, screenwriter, and playwright. In 1993, Wright published a two-part article in the magazine about recovered memories, titled “Remembering Satan,” which won the National Magazine Award and the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism. He won another National Magazine Award for his 2011… → Read More
America’s Future Is Texas
With right-wing zealots taking over the legislature even as the state’s demographics shift leftward, Texas has become the nation’s bellwether. → Read More
Remembering Denis Johnson
Lawrence Wright remembers the fiction and poetry writer and New Yorker contributor Denis Johnson, who died on Wednesday, at the age of sixty-seven. → Read More
Remembering Denis Johnson
Lawrence Wright remembers the fiction and poetry writer and New Yorker contributor Denis Johnson, who died on Wednesday, at the age of sixty-seven. → Read More
Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology
Lawrence Wright tells the story of Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis’s resignation from the Church of Scientology—an institution that controlled him for nearly thirty-five years. → Read More
Ali Salem’s Journey
The Arab world has lost a brave and perhaps irreplaceable voice. → Read More
Ali Salem’s Journey
The Arab world has lost a brave and perhaps irreplaceable voice. → Read More
Postscript: Hamid Gul, 1936-2015
The wily former head of Pakistan’s spy agency fanned the Taliban into a roaring flame and congratulated his countrymen for harboring Osama bin Laden. → Read More
Postscript: Hamid Gul, 1936-2015
The wily former head of Pakistan’s spy agency fanned the Taliban into a roaring flame and congratulated his countrymen for harboring Osama bin Laden. → Read More
Who Killed Kayla Mueller?
Lawrence Wright on the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. hostage. It is not clear what she was doing in the ISIS weapons warehouse where she reportedly died. → Read More
Who Killed Kayla Mueller?
Lawrence Wright on the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. hostage. It is not clear what she was doing in the ISIS weapons warehouse where she reportedly died. → Read More
Homage to Zenobia
In “Homage to Zenobia,” Lawrence Wright reflects on ISIS’s conquest of Palmyra, a Syrian town once ruled by a strong-willed queen. → Read More
Homage to Zenobia
In “Homage to Zenobia,” Lawrence Wright reflects on ISIS’s conquest of Palmyra, a Syrian town once ruled by a strong-willed queen. → Read More
Palmyra, from Zenobia to ISIS
Jihadists have captured a city that was once a center of learning and tolerance, ruled by a strong-willed queen. → Read More
Palmyra, from Zenobia to ISIS
Jihadists have captured a city that was once a center of learning and tolerance, ruled by a strong-willed queen. → Read More