External Resources

Learn more about E. L. Doctorow through external resources including news feeds, articles, audio, and video, as well as book reviews and awards.

For the latest news and discussion about E. L. Doctorow, check the following resources:

Google News Entries for "E. L. Doctorow" External

Selected Articles, Interviews, and Conversations

The following list includes news articles, interviews, and conversations featuring E. L. Doctorow, arranged in chronological order.

"How the Author of ‘Ragtime’ Taught an Aspiring Writer to Hear the Music" External
The New York Times. January 9, 2021.
"Message for Graduates: 'Be Brave. Be Kind.'" External
The New York Times. June 11, 2020.
"What Would Doctorow Do?" External
Boston Review. December 11, 2017.
"E. L. Doctorow’s Postmodernist Style" External
The Los Angeles Review of Books. October 9, 2015.
"Doctorow’s Doctor" External
Observer. July 30, 2015.
"E. L. Doctorow's Best Advice From One Writer to Another: 'Perseverance is all'" External
The Guardian. July 24, 2015.
"E.L. Doctorow’s Masterful Manipulation of History" External
Time. July 22, 2015.
"From the Archives: Author E. L. Doctorow on His Childhood in New York" External
Vulture. July 22, 2015.
"Remembering E.L. Doctorow, Author of 'Ragtime' and So Much More" External
The Chicago Tribune. July 22, 2015.
"E. L. Doctorow: By the Book" External
The New York Times. January 16, 2014.
"E.L. Doctorow Moves to Fiction Without Formula in ‘Andrew’s Brain’" External
The Washington Post. January 13, 2014.
"David Simon and E. L. Doctorow on 'the Potential for the Orwellian Nightmare'" External
The Atlantic. December 5, 2013.
"The Hamptons of Writers Past: The Lions in Summer" External
Vanity Fair. August 2013.
"E.L. Doctorow--Badass M.C." External
The Atlantic. September 24, 2009.
"E.L. Doctorow on "Homer & Langley"" External
CBS News. September 20, 2009.
"At Home with E. L. Doctorow: Writing About the Stuff of Legend" External
The New York Times. September 2, 2009.
"How I Made It: E.L. Doctorow on ‘Ragtime'" External
New York Magazine. April 3, 2008.
"10 Questions for E.L. Doctorow" External
Time. March 6, 2006.
"E. L. Doctorow's New York; A Native of the Bronx Chronicles a Century of the City" External
The New York Times. July 5, 1994.
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The Washington Post. April 17, 1994.

A selection of radio programs featuring E. L. Doctorow, or in which Doctorow and his work are discussed.

"'Fresh Air' Remembers 'Billy Bathgate' Author E. L. Doctorow" External
Fresh Air, NPR. July 24, 2015.
"E.L. Doctorow & Broadcast Pioneer Marlene Sanders" External
Fresh Air, NPR. July 24, 2015.
"Doctorow Ruminates On How A 'Brain' Becomes A Mind" External
Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR. January 11, 2014.
"E.L. Doctorow" External
KNPR's State of Nevada, Nevada Public Radio. November 3, 2009.
"Doctorow's Fictional Take On Real-Life Eccentricity" External
All Things Considered, NPR. September 1, 2009.
"E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and 'The March'" External
All Things Considered, NPR. October 18, 2005.
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Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR. September 7, 2002.

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring E. L. Doctorow are listed below.

"E.L. Doctorow: Don’t Call It ‘Historical’" External
CUNY Lecture Series: CUNY Podcasts. May 1, 2012.
"E. L. Doctorow Reads John O'Hara" External
The New Yorker Fiction Podcast. January 7, 2008.
"Kelly Writers House Fellows: E. L. Doctorow" External
The Kelly Writers House, The University of Pennsylvania. March 21-22, 2005.
"E.L. Doctorow: The Bookwaves Interviews" External
Radio Wolinsky, 94.1 KPFA. May 12, 2004, republished April 26, 2020.
"E. L. Doctorow" External
BookwormPodcast. July 3, 1997.

Many videos of E. L. Doctorow reading and discussing his work can be found through YouTube:

YouTube - "E. L. Doctorow" search results External

A selection of videos available through YouTube and other sites appears below.

"E.L. Doctorow on How Writers Write - The John Adams Institute" External
The John Adams Institute [YouTube]. August 9, 2017.
"E. L. Doctorow: 'American literature begins with 'Moby-Dick''" External
Library of America [YouTube]. July 30, 2015.
"E.L. Doctorow on Writing (Jun. 17, 1994) | Charlie Rose" External
Charlie Rose, CBS [YouTube]. July 22, 2015.
"E.L. Doctorow 'Andrew's Brain'" External
Politics & Prose Bookstore [YouTube]. January 25, 2014.
"E.L. Doctorow Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Acceptance Speech" External
AALBC.com [YouTube]. November 21, 2013.
"TimesTalks: Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, and E.L. Doctorow" External
PEN America [YouTube]. May 5, 2012.
"Why We Read: E. L. Doctorow" External
The Center for Fiction [YouTube]. September 2, 2010.
"E. L. Doctorow on His New Novel 'Homer & Langley'" External
WNYC [YouTube]. September 22, 2009.
"Arts: A Conversation With E. L. Doctorow | The New York Times" External
The New York Times [YouTube]. September 14, 2009.
"'The March' with E.L. Doctorow" External
New York Historical Society [YouTube]. May 28, 2008.

Selected online reviews of E. L. Doctorow's books appear below.

Andrew's Brain (2014)

The March (2005)

Billy Bathgate (1989)

World's Fair (1985)

Loon Lake (1980)

Ragtime (1975)

The Book of Daniel (1971)

E. L. Doctorow has won numerous awards and honors for his writing, including the following:

E. L. Doctorow, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner

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