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"I Think You Should Do It In Volumes"
Part Two, in this profile of Robert Caro's YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON, shows editorial tensions, a new project, relocation, and competition in the library.
This is the second installment in an ongoing series about Robert Caro’s ongoing biogra...
New Guy Bites the Lemon
Thanks for reading! I’m reporting an ongoing weekly series about Robert Caro’s 50-year-in-the-making biography of Lyndon Johnson. Part One ran on Thursday, Part Two comes later this week. The series is running mostly behind a paywall, so co...
The Fifth of Three
Part One of a series on Robert Caro, who at 90 is still writing the final volume of a trilogy.
This is the first in a series of posts about Robert A. Caro’s fifty-year biography of Lyndon Johnson: how it started, how it endured, and the ch...
Someone Shat in the Trash
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If you’ve written something short, or long, and you’re looking for some close editorial feedback, these are my rates:
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I Finally Read "Pride and Prejudice"
Two weeks ago I started reading Pride & Prejudice, my fourth serious attempt, the first one dating back to college where I’d met some Jane Austen die-hards who insisted that her work was easy to read, even 200 years later, and convinced me...
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Alexander Sorondo is the author of "Big Reader Bad Grades," a newsletter about books, culture, and work. His debut novel CUBAFRUIT came out in 2025. He works at a grocery store on Miami Beach.
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