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Writers

Lawrence Weschler

Arts

The Paralyzed Cyclops

An argument on the meaning of Cubism settled.

Lawrence Weschler The Believer Nov 2008 Permalink

Best Article Crime History Science

Inhaling the Spore

A trip to the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.

Lawrence Weschler Harper's Sep 1994 35min Permalink

A Rare, Personal Look at Oliver Sacks’s Early Career

Notes from a never-finished biography of the neurologist, humanist and writer.

Lawrence Weschler Vanity Fair Apr 2015 30min Permalink

Arts

Michael Light in Conversation with Lawrence Weschler

How to photograph Los Angeles from a helicopter.

Michael Light, Lawrence Weschler The Believer Nov 2010 20min Permalink

Errol Morris, Forensic Epistemologist

A conversation on the “bedeviling sorts of indeterminacies one encounters the deeper one drills.”

Errol Morris, Lawrence Weschler Public Books Jun 2012 25min Permalink

Arts

Double Vision

The perspective-bending art of identical twins Trevor and Ryan Oakes.

Lawrence Weschler The Virginia Quarterly Review Apr 2009 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Why Is This Man Smiling?

On digital animators’ quest to capture the endlessly complex human face.

Lawrence Weschler Wired Oct 2006 15min Permalink