Lawrence Weschler

A Commonplace Book

The purpose of education is to teach each of us to defend ourselves against the seductions of eloquence.

Bertrand Russell (in Harper’s, March 1991, p. 47)
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About
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS: Portraits of Lawrence Weschler

YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS: Portraits of Lawrence Weschler

Recent Pieces

On artist and disability activist Riva Lehrer

A contribution to Lehrer's new memoir Golem Girl

Scylla and Charybdis: On Truly Engaging Climate Change

Two recent articles

The Uncanny Tale of Shimmel Zohar

The Atlantic

CORONA                       A Polyphonal Braiding

April-May 2020

Robert Irwin: A Valedictory Show

The New York Times

The Road to Oliver’s

LitHub.com
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Convergences & Pillows

Impresario
Robert Irwin Getty Garden

Books

Audio/Visual

Michael Delgado interviews Lawrence Weschler

Art Report Today

Discussing Sacks in Seattle

Elliott Bay Book Store

Ren with Walter Murch on Waves Passing in the Night

The Hammer Museum

The Fraught Crossroads

where race and class keep intersecting across American History, and who gets to address them