Lawrence Wright Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Lawrence Wright

Nice surprise from NYT: "Lawrence Wright’s “The End of October,” which came out in the first flush months of Covid panic. It’s about a world in shock and ruin because of a virus similar to Covid-19. It reads like a rocket, and it is scary, scary, scary." — Dwight Garner

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Edith Wharton had a beautiful study to write in, but she preferred being in bed. She would drop the pages on the floor and the housekeeper would arrange them. Her are pages from "House of Mirth." https://t.co/XGLViqUyAo

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I resolved to read more books for pleasure this year, not just for research. So I’ve started “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. And of course it’s the research she did for that book that deeply impresses me.

Lawrence Wright

Dallas friends, take note! Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright will speak at the Friends of the Dallas Public Library annual dinner Oct. 25 at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Wright's latest book is God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State.

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I asked DKG what woman historian influenced her, as there were relatively few when she was young. She said she had read "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman in high school, and that was the beginning of her remarkable career. https://t.co/qpBFQYxtxP

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RT @LSE_US: 📢 Join us in 2 weeks' time for our event, 'The Plague Year: America in the time of COVID-19', with @lawrence_wright, in which h…

Lawrence Wright

From David Ignatius of WaPo: “Lawrence Wright is an American original. His new novel is a panoramic journey through the bramble of Texas politics It’s characteristic of Larry’s limitless talent that now he’s written a can’t-put-it-down novel!” —David Ignatius, author The Paladin https://t.co/bM7XPpSCTM

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