Mr. Doctorow joins an impressive list of great writers who have been recognized for their legendary contributions as novelists, essayists, poets, and playwrights. Recipients of the Saint Louis Library ...

E.L. Doctorow passed away recently. I was shocked. I shouldn’t have been. Doctorow was 84; he had lung cancer. Dying is something that happens to 84-year-old people with lung cancer. I am wondering ...

With news of the death of literary legend E.L. Doctorow, who died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer at 84, fellow authors, fans and those he inspired took to social media to mourn his loss and ...

Most writers I know have at some point taken solace from E.L. Doctorow’s observation that, “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make ...

E.L. Doctorow, an author beloved for his works of historical fiction including “Ragtime,” “World’s Fair,” “Billy Bathgate” and “The March,” died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer, according to ...

Although best known as one of the greatest 20th-century American novelists, E. L. Doctorow (Billy Bathgate, Ragtime) also published three collections of short fiction. Prior to his death in 2015, at ...

E.L. Doctorow photographed by jill Krementz swimming with Becky in Gardiner’s Bay on August 3, 1975. Krementz photographed Doctorow many times over the years but this picture is her favorite. ‘A nice ...

The 84-year-old fiction author E.L. Doctorow died Tuesday, and the man who was remembered by The New York Times as a "relentless experimenter" left behind a legacy of admired novels and remarkable ...

In the first chapter of his classic novel Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow memorably describes an afternoon shared by Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud in early 1900s New York: Their ultimate destination was Coney ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. My most meaningful encounter with Doctorow occurred several years ago, when my family ...

NEW ROCHELLE — The city that E.L. Doctorow called home for decades, which he captured in its era of tumultuous change in his novel "Ragtime," will honor the celebrated author with the unveiling of a ...