E. L. Doctorow

E.L. DOCTOROW (Billy Bathgate, City of God, Creationists, DRINKS BEFORE DINNER, Homer & Langley, Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:, Lives of the Poets, Loon Lake, Ragtime, Sweet land stories, The Book of Daniel, The March, The Waterworks, Welcome to hard times, World's fair)

E. L. Doctorow’s novels include The March, City of God, The Waterworks, Welcome to hard times, The Book of Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake, Lives of the Poets, World’s Fair, and Billy Bathgate. His work has been published in thirty-two languages. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, the Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction, the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. E. L. Doctorow lives in New York. (added from Random House)… (more)

Encore Book Clubs meet to discuss general literature both fiction and nonfiction. The group has expanded to 2 meetings each month to accommodate all who wish to attend. The meetings are at 3 p.m. on the second Tuesday (Encore I) and third Thursday (Encore II) of the month. The same book is used by both groups. New members are always welcome.

Encore I discusses E.L. Doctorow's Homer and Langley. (MDGentleReader)… (more)

Encore Book Clubs meet to discuss general literature both fiction and nonfiction. The group has expanded to 2 meetings each month to accommodate all who wish to attend. The meetings are at 3 p.m. on the second Tuesday (Encore I) and third Thursday (Encore II) of the month. The same book is used by both groups. New members are always welcome.

Encore II discusses E.L. Doctorow's Homer and Langley . (MDGentleReader)… (more)

E.L. Doctorow; Tom Franklin; Jean Cash; Kathryn Stripling Byer

You are invited to take part in a special celebration of the life and work of Flannery O’connor at a special conference April 14-16 at Georgia College in Milledgeville. Several dozen writers and scholars will talk about O’Connor including a special appearance by prize-winning author E.L. Doctorow on April 15. Among the other guests are author Tom Franklin, biographer Jean Cash and poet Kathryn Stripling Byer. The conference is part of the Southern Literary Trail’s ”Trailfest 2011” sponsored in part by the Georgia Center for the Book. Registration for attendance is required. Please call 478-445-5277 or go online to www.gcsu.edu/startlingfigures for more details. Other activities going on throughout the conference include tours of O’Connor’s farm home at Andalusia and screenings of short movies about O’Connor. The Southern Literary Trail is a three-state organization (Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) that celebrates the landmark homes of notable Southern authors. For information, please go to www.southernliterarytraiol.org. (jasbro)… (more)

E.L. Doctorow; Tom Franklin; Jean Cash; Kathryn Stripling Byer

You are invited to take part in a special celebration of the life and work of Flannery O’connor at a special conference April 14-16 at Georgia College in Milledgeville. Several dozen writers and scholars will talk about O’Connor including a special appearance by prize-winning author E.L. Doctorow on April 15. Among the other guests are author Tom Franklin, biographer Jean Cash and poet Kathryn Stripling Byer. The conference is part of the Southern Literary Trail’s ”Trailfest 2011” sponsored in part by the Georgia Center for the Book. Registration for attendance is required. Please call 478-445-5277 or go online to www.gcsu.edu/startlingfigures for more details. Other activities going on throughout the conference include tours of O’Connor’s farm home at Andalusia and screenings of short movies about O’Connor. The Southern Literary Trail is a three-state organization (Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) that celebrates the landmark homes of notable Southern authors. For information, please go to www.southernliterarytraiol.org. (jasbro)… (more)

E.L. Doctorow; Tom Franklin; Jean Cash; Kathryn Stripling Byer

You are invited to take part in a special celebration of the life and work of Flannery O’connor at a special conference April 14-16 at Georgia College in Milledgeville. Several dozen writers and scholars will talk about O’Connor including a special appearance by prize-winning author E.L. Doctorow on April 15. Among the other guests are author Tom Franklin, biographer Jean Cash and poet Kathryn Stripling Byer. The conference is part of the Southern Literary Trail’s ”Trailfest 2011” sponsored in part by the Georgia Center for the Book. Registration for attendance is required. Please call 478-445-5277 or go online to www.gcsu.edu/startlingfigures for more details. Other activities going on throughout the conference include tours of O’Connor’s farm home at Andalusia and screenings of short movies about O’Connor. The Southern Literary Trail is a three-state organization (Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) that celebrates the landmark homes of notable Southern authors. For information, please go to www.southernliterarytraiol.org. (jasbro)… (more)

E.L. Doctorow; Tom Franklin; Jean Cash; Kathryn Stripling Byer

You are invited to take part in a special celebration of the life and work of Flannery O’connor at a special conference April 14-16 at Georgia College in Milledgeville. Several dozen writers and scholars will talk about O’Connor including a special appearance by prize-winning author E.L. Doctorow on April 15. Among the other guests are author Tom Franklin, biographer Jean Cash and poet Kathryn Stripling Byer. The conference is part of the Southern Literary Trail’s ”Trailfest 2011” sponsored in part by the Georgia Center for the Book. Registration for attendance is required. Please call 478-445-5277 or go online to www.gcsu.edu/startlingfigures for more details. Other activities going on throughout the conference include tours of O’Connor’s farm home at Andalusia and screenings of short movies about O’Connor. The Southern Literary Trail is a three-state organization (Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) that celebrates the landmark homes of notable Southern authors. For information, please go to www.southernliterarytraiol.org. (jasbro)… (more)