Books

Caro Does It Again — and Again
    Robert A. Caro won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography last Thursday for “The Passage of...

“The Richest Woman
in America”

Janet Wallach
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $27.95

“Saul Steinberg:
A Biography”

Deirdre Bair
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $40

“Monsieur Proust’s
Library”

Anka Muhlstein
Other Press, $19.95

   Anyone who has been in a long-term relationship knows that there is only one real secret to its success and that’s commitment. Mort Hamburg knows it too, and he has used the...

“Cheating Justice”
Elizabeth Holtzman
and Cynthia L. Cooper
Beacon Press, $26.95

“Dead Anyway”
Chris Knopf
Permanent Press, $28

    Yes, spring seems far off. And yes, Major Jackson sounds like an important figure in the Battle of Antietam. Neither is the case, however, and both will converge Wednesday for...

   Claire Reed will celebrate the Feminist Press’s publication of her new memoir, “Toughing It Out: From Silver Slippers to Combat Boots,” with a reading and discussion...