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E. L. Doctorow
The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides
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By
Jonathan Wells
| December 14, 2023
Read E. L. Doctorow's review of Faulkner's
As I Lay Dying
.
By
Dan Sheehan
| July 6, 2023
Lessons in Writing and Life from My Grandfather, E.L. Doctorow
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By
Alison Fairbrother
| October 6, 2022
Understanding the Bronx:
A Reading List
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By
John J. Healey
| July 19, 2021
The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg
Anne Sebba Reads the Rosenbergs of Plath, Doctorow, Kushner and More
By
Anne Sebba
| June 8, 2021
You can now buy E.L. Doctorow’s gorgeous Manhattan home, for just $2.1 million.
By
Walker Caplan
| May 25, 2021
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| March 27, 2018
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By
Heller McAlpin
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by
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by
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by
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"