Interview with Lawrence Weschler Lawrence Weschler has been a staff writer at the NEW YORKER since 1981 and he has twice won the George Polk Award for cultural reporting and magazine writing. Weschler has authored a number of books, including MR. WILSON'S CABINET OF WONDER, BOGGS: A COMEDY OF VALUES, and A WANDERER IN THE PERFECT CITY: SELECTED PASSION PIECES.