{"id":1409,"date":"2016-09-19T15:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2016\/09\/19\/robert-caro-and-the-lightbulb-moment-he-had-writing-his-first-book-the-power-broker\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:54:11","slug":"robert-caro-and-the-lightbulb-moment-he-had-writing-his-first-book-the-power-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2016\/09\/19\/robert-caro-and-the-lightbulb-moment-he-had-writing-his-first-book-the-power-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Caro and the lightbulb moment he had writing his first book, &#8220;The Power Broker&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"  <section class=\"block block-embed\">\n                <div class=\"video-responsive\">\n        <iframe title=\"youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLb6zpWKoGQ\" frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  <\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>When the historian Robert Caro spoke at the recent Pulitzer Centennial event hosted by the Nieman Foundation, one emotion was palpable: outrage.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Fifty years after he wrote about the Roth family and a small farm undone by New York&#8217;s Northern State Parkway for his first book, &#8220;The Power Broker,&#8221; his voice still radiated with passion, with outrage. It was a powerful moment, and it provided a key to good writing that echoes something Lin-Manuel Miranda said for the same event: Find the story that moves you.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The video is 40 minutes long (Caro is not known for his brevity, as anyone reading his prize-winning books knows), but it&#8217;s fascinating. For those of you who just want the highlights, I&#8217;ve pulled a few.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the little joys of research:<\/h2>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>There&#8217;s something really great about going through old files. There&#8217;s something thrilling about it.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-heading   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On the moment the book changed direction as he looked at a map of the route of the parkway:<\/h2>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>On the route of the parkway \u2011\u2011 the final route, the route on which it had actually been built \u2011\u2011 was a row of tiny dots, little more than specks on the maps. Specks, tiny even when I used the magnifying glass, 23 of them.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>They appeared to represent small land holdings \u2011\u2011 homes or farms that were merely indicated by those dots \u2011\u2011 the heavy line of the parkway running right through them. 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I found myself as angry again this week as I was then.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>I remember my feelings, and I remember that when I finished talking to the Roths, the sentences for their part of my book just poured out of me. 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