John Spong interviews me for the Texas Monthly podcast, One by Willie. We talk about the time I saw him debut his tune, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die,” at the launch of the statue we erected through CASt.
From Daniel Fienberg’s review:
“Anchored by Richard Linklater’s exceptional feature-length “Hometown Prison,” HBO‘s God Save Texas may only be a three-part anthology docuseries, but in those three parts, it manages to be wide-ranging, timely and vitally important.
“While the inspiration is Lawrence Wright’s book of the same title, and the focus is the Lone Star State, the template set by Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa could be applied to personal/political hybrid storytelling delving into the fractured identities of all 50 states and the artists who call them home.”
If you’re in DC, NYC, Chicago, don’t miss the chance to meet Lawrence Wright in person.
OCTOBER 2 @ 7PM
Politics and Prose × Union Market
In conversation with Susan Glasser
Washington, DC
OCTOBER 5 @ 6PM
Rizzoli Bookstore
In conversation with David Grann
New York, NY
OCTOBER 18 @ 7PM
Lark and Owl Bookstore Event
Georgetown, TX
OCTOBER 22 @ 5PM
Exile in Bookville
In conversation with Elizabeth Wetmore
Chicago, IL
All times local
Here are the upcoming appearances! More will be posted for October soon.
It was great to be back in my old hometown and to see so many leaders making such important changes in Dallas. https://t.co/H5hXzq24X2
— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) February 25, 2023
Dallas Morning News: How Author Lawrence Wright Sees Dallas Fitting into Texas' Changing Narrative ⟶
I had the honor to induct Joe Ely into the ACL Hall of Fame. Don't miss the great show this Saturday. pic.twitter.com/c3mgzHgkju
— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) February 23, 2023
Watch The 8th Annual Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Honors Joe Ely. Butch Hancock, @JimmieDGilmore @RodneyJCrowell @MarciaBallBand, Lloyd Maines and @Lawrence_Wright pay tribute to the Texas legend.
— Austin City Limits (@acltv) February 23, 2023
Watch on your local @PBS station or stream: https://t.co/pTqjZfrLJC#acltv pic.twitter.com/671STOXFwV
this story I wrote more than 25 years ago keeps coming back to life. Of course, it was an incredible tale. https://t.co/nbBbNFDzkC
— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) February 9, 2023
Austin, I had to get this off my chest. @NewYorker https://t.co/hSdBwhdu59
— Lawrence Wright (@lawrence_wright) February 6, 2023
In September, Lawrence Wright was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and policy organization founded in 1780 that describes itself as “electing exceptionally accomplished individuals and engaging them in advancing the public good.”
Wright is pictured signing the Book of Members at an Induction Ceremony that celebrated recently elected artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
Wright made these remarks at ACL Hall of Fame 2022. A full recap of the evenings events can be found on ACL’s website.
It’s always been a mystery to me how the Panhandle, which is not known for being an artistic mecca, produced Jimmy Dean, Sonny Curtis, Tanya Tucker, Mac Davis, Delbert McClinton, Gary P. Nunn, Lloyd and Natalie Maines, the Gatlin Brothers, and more to be named later.
Except for the two years Georgia O’Keefe painted watercolors in Canyon, Texas, they’re all musicians.
Joe Ely was born in Amarillo, which is where he first encountered rock and roll, in the form of Jerry Lee Lewis playing piano on a flatbed trailer in a dust storm. The audience covered their noses with bandanas and the wind blew over the microphone but young Joe Ely heard the call.
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