Robert Caro

If you haven't yet attended one of Robert A. Caro's events, now is your chance: There are just a few tickets left to this Princeton, New Jersey event on May 7. Click through for more information. (Posted by the author's publisher) wnyc.org/events/wnyc-ev…

"WORKING contains plenty of advice for biographers, including the value of silence – “SU” he writes in his notebook before interviews, which stands for... theguardian.com/books/2019/apr…

A meeting long in the making: Conan O'Brien and the acclaimed Robert A. Caro sat down on Wednesday to discuss his wife and longtime working partner, historian Ina Caro, Lyndon Johnson's life, and... nytimes.com/2019/04/17/sty…

Listen to Dave Davies and Robert A. Caro discuss his process as a biographer and his new book WORKING, on NPR's Fresh Air. (Posted by the Author's Publisher) npr.org/2019/04/15/713…

Enjoy these LBJ Library photos by Jay Godwin of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert A. Caro when he joined Friends of the LBJ Library on Monday. He spoke with Austin author and screenwriter Stephen... facebook.com/robertacaro/po…

Enjoy these LBJ Library photos by Jay Godwin of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert A. Caro when he joined Friends of the LBJ Library on Monday. He spoke with Austin author and screenwriter Stephen... facebook.com/robertacaro/po…

"Nearly 200 years ago, James Madison commanded that a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. Robert Caro, the young man who gave up thinking... nytimes.com/2019/04/16/boo…

Read Eleanor Hildebrandt's interview with Robert A. Caro, on the "equipment that has facilitated some of the best historical writing our our time, or any time." —Popular Mechanics (Posted by the Author's Publisher) popularmechanics.com/culture/a27128…

“Riveting . . . 'Working' complements and enriches our understanding of Caro’s life’s work. . . Endless research is only the start. What makes his books so remarkable is Caro’s polished and repolished literary... ft.com/content/82b5b3…

"Robert Caro is brimming with wonderful advice about researching, interviewing, and writing . . . I was thrilled to devour 'Working' in one sitting." —Devon Ivie, Vulture, on Robert A. Caro's new book WORKING (Posted by the Author's Publisher) vulture.com/2019/04/the-be…

"Insightful . . . A look at the writing craft from a true master of the form." —Mackenzie Dawson, New York Post Robert A. Caro's new book WORKING is one of the New York Post's Best Books of the Week! (Posted by the Author's Publisher) nypost.com/2019/04/06/the…

On this week's STAY TUNED WITH PREET, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara is joined by legendary Pulitzer Prize winning political biographer Robert A. Caro for a conversation... facebook.com/robertacaro/po…

"Working is an inspiring — and reading it as a journalist, honestly sometimes shame-inducing — window into the seemingly superhuman reporting, researching, writing,... npr.org/2019/04/08/708…

"The prose in Caro’s biographies is a mesmerizing combination of fine-grained, meticulous detail recounted in lush, incantatory sentences; he is, as he says repeatedly in 'Working,' always trying to accumulate enough material to 'show' rather than to... nyti.ms/2UsRnTJ

"Be it a Smith Corona typewriter or Chopin, thick pencils or a classic Buick, for the lionized biographer of LBJ, every thing has a purpose (and a story)." Chris Kornelis interviews Robert A. Caro in The Wall... facebook.com/robertacaro/po…

Tune into PBS NewsHour to hear Jeffrey Brown and one of the nation’s preeminent biographers Robert A. Caro discuss his massive series “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” and his new memoir WORKING, about how he does what... youtube.com/watch?v=kVW-jE…

"Caro relates how to never give up on getting a source to talk to you, and how to keep quiet when an interview is going well (he writes SU — "Shut Up"— in his notebook). He remembers best the advice given in the 1960s... apnews.com/ef09306fa6c34d…

"The desk in Robert Caro’s office has a rounded notch, a clean little half circle that lets him snug his wooden chair into his custom-made workstation. Instead of legs, the top rests on a pair of sawhorses. Shims raise... time.com/5564169/histor…

"My books are about political power, and I think it’s important that people understand how it works in America. But I think I’ve learned some things while researching and... newsweek.com/2019/04/05/rob…

“I feel that I’ve learned about researching power, about how power is obtained, about power is used and how it’s abused, and I wanted to share some things.” —Robert A. Caro in The New York Times Magazine, on his new book WORKING (Posted by the... nytimes.com/interactive/20…