God Save Texas

by Lawrence Wright

  Some of the other work in this book, mainly in the chapter “Culture, Explained,” appeared in Texas Monthly (“Remembrance of Things Primitive,” February 1993).

  I am enviably supplied with extraordinary professional support: Ann Close, my longtime editor at Knopf; Andrew Wylie, the world’s best agent; and Daniel Zalewski, who has been my editor and supporter at The New Yorker for many years, and I hope for many more. It was the editor of that wonderful magazine, David Remnick, who asked me to “explain Texas”—I think because he couldn’t understand why I live here. I hope this book answers the question.

  A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of nine previous books of nonfiction, including In the New World, Remembering Satan, The Looming Tower, Going Clear, Thirteen Days in September, and The Terror Years, and one novel, God’s Favorite. His books have received many prizes and honors, including a Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower. He is also a playwright and screenwriter. He plays the keyboard in the Austin-based blues band WhoDo. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.

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