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Beloved Historical Fiction Author E.L. Doctorow Dead At 84
"NEW YORK (AP) Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as "Ragtime" and "The March" and applied its lessons to the past and future in fiction and nonfiction, has died. He was 84.
His son, Richard Doctorow, confirmed he died Tuesday at a New York hospital from complications of lung cancer. He lived in New York and Sag Harbor..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...2ce4b08f57d5d2ead6?&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003
Link: https://biblioklept.files.wordpress...331013_1413225484_noticia_normal.jpg?w= 1000
E.L. Doctorow obituary
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/22/el-doctorow
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E.L. Doctorow with Roger Rosenblatt- April 29, 2009 - (he's very funny)
"Author and Bronx native E.L. Doctorow is interviewed by Roger Rosenblatt. They speak about Doctorows time as a student at Bronx High School of Science and his novel, Homer & Langley."
[video=youtube;TIfCq9mYIz8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfCq9mYIz8[/video]
(FYI: He must have been very smart; it's hard to get into Bronx High School of Science. )
"The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like."
~E. L. Doctorow
RIP:candle:
"NEW YORK (AP) Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as "Ragtime" and "The March" and applied its lessons to the past and future in fiction and nonfiction, has died. He was 84.
His son, Richard Doctorow, confirmed he died Tuesday at a New York hospital from complications of lung cancer. He lived in New York and Sag Harbor..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...2ce4b08f57d5d2ead6?&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Link: https://biblioklept.files.wordpress...331013_1413225484_noticia_normal.jpg?w= 1000
E.L. Doctorow obituary
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/22/el-doctorow
--------------------------------
E.L. Doctorow with Roger Rosenblatt- April 29, 2009 - (he's very funny)

"Author and Bronx native E.L. Doctorow is interviewed by Roger Rosenblatt. They speak about Doctorows time as a student at Bronx High School of Science and his novel, Homer & Langley."
[video=youtube;TIfCq9mYIz8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfCq9mYIz8[/video]
(FYI: He must have been very smart; it's hard to get into Bronx High School of Science. )
"The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like."
~E. L. Doctorow
RIP:candle: