September 29, 2022

Wright interviewed Beto O’Rourke at the Tribune Festival.

Wright spoke with O’Rourke for an hour on Saturday, Sep. 24, during the third day of The Texas Tribune Festival. His appearance came with less than two months until the November election, when he is challenging the Republican incumbent.

August 21, 2022

“Looming Tower” makes Hugh Hewitt’s summer reading list.

According to Hewitt, “The one book everyone ought to read who has lived the past quarter century: Lawrence Wright’s ‘The Looming Tower.’”

What a reading list! And such an honor to be on it. https://t.co/ZkuAgJNV4M

— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) August 20, 2022

August 03, 2022

NYTimes included Wright twice in its top 10 books of the year.

For the past 17 years, the New York Times has released its top 10 books of the year. Lawrence Wright has made it on the list twice in that time, once for Looming Tower and once for Thirteen Days.

So many great books passed me by, and many of my favorite authors are represented here. Honored to be among them. https://t.co/h273qaWqt3

— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) August 3, 2022

August 02, 2022

Zawahiri profile republished after Al Qaeda leader is killed 20 years later.

The New Yorker is republishing my Zawahiri piece, "The Man Behind bin-Laden, from 2002. It took another 20 years to find the reason to bring it back. This is the story of how and why AQ arose. https://t.co/WPwo1dsvRb

— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) August 2, 2022

Wright also appeared on MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Morning Joe to discuss the U.S. military’s assassination of longtime Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

June 12, 2022

‘Looming Tower’ in Book Authority’s Top 100 About the War on Terror

Great work @lawrence_wright! We're thrilled to inform you that "The Looming Tower" made it to our list of best War on Terror books of all time! https://t.co/tNMyE80aet

— BookAuthority (@bookauthority) June 8, 2022

May 27, 2022

Talking about the Uvalde school shooting with Italian media.

Wright speaks with Italy’s Corriere della Sera about the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the gun culture created by the Republicans. 

May 21, 2022

HBO series uses Wright’s 1980 article about millionaire turned drug kingpin.

Amazing how old stories resurface in new forms. This was one of my favorites. https://t.co/vp69D467hI

— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) May 8, 2022

May 21, 2022

Podcast: A conversation with Clint Watts.

Got to interview one of America’s all time great story tellers - Lawrence Wright. ⁦⁦@lawrence_wright⁩ given me excellent advice over the years & his writing has been essential to understanding complex topics episode 3 ⁦⁦@selectedwisdom⁩ https://t.co/bQAwvw9Q2j

— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) May 19, 2022

March 10, 2022

New article takes a different look at animal rights.

Wright’s latest for The New Yorker, “The Elephant in the Courtroom,” dives into a legal crusade that will make you question where human rights end and animal rights begin. 

January 02, 2022

Lawrence Wright speaks with Italian magazine about democracy and Jan. 6.

If you read Italian, check out this interview with L’Espresso, in which Lawrence Wright answers questions regarding the January 6th Capitol riots and discusses the future of democracy.