Summary: <p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/lawrence-wright/">Lawrence Wright</a>, New Yorker staff writer and the author of <a title="buy this book at Amazon" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/%200804170037/wnycorg-20/">The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State</a>(Vintage, 2017), now in paperback, talks about his book, the current state of ISIS, and his recent New Yorker <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/americas-future-is-texas" target="_blank">article on the state of Texas</a>. </p> <p>As a Texas resident, Wright says that Texas holds the key to understanding where our country is headed. "It's a very red state with a lot of blue patches in it... and the tide coming out of Texas is going to roll out over America," says Wright. </p> <p>EVENTS: Wright will be playing with his band WhoDo at Joe's Pub on August 1st at 7:30 P.M. More information <a href="https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/Joes-Pub/2017/W/WhoDo/?SiteTheme=JoesPub" target="_blank">here</a>. And at Hill Country in Brooklyn on August 2nd at 8:00 P.M., more information <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1523359-who-do-brooklyn/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
