Lawrence Wright: Master Storyteller
LAWRENCE WRIGHT is an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 1992.
He is the author of 15 books. His book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” (Knopf, 2006), has been translated into 25 languages and won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. It was made into a series for Hulu in 2018, starring Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, and Tahar Rahim. He also wrote the screenplay for the film “The Siege,” starring Denzel Washington, Annette Benning, and Bruce Willis.
Fragments
A novelist, journalist and educator, ANNE BERNAYS has been writing for over 40 years. In 1980, Bernays also began her journey as a writing professor at Harvard University, and became a professor of creative writing at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
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Richard LeBlond: “Homesick for Nowhere”
RICHARD LEBLOND is a retired field biologist. His essays and photographs have appeared in many U.S. and international journals, including Montreal Review, Weber – The Contemporary West, Lowestoft Chronicle, Still Point Arts Quarterly, Concis, and Trampset. His work has been nominated for “Best American Travel Writing” and “Best of the Net.” His first book, “Homesick for Nowhere,” was published in 2023.
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Where Is Your Family From?
A Passover Story.
By Necee Regis I’m a sucker for ritual. So Passover is naturally one of my favorite holidays. I love going to...
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POLITICO’s Elana Schor
ELANA SCHOR is Congress editor at POLITICO. She first joined POLITICO as an energy reporter before covering Congress during the first two years of the Trump administration, later covering the 2020 Democratic presidential primary as well as religion and politics for The Associated Press.
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