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he is one of the pioneers of science fiction. he developed psychological terror. he wrote the only poem that is so famous, it has an nfl team named after him. he also was instrumental in the idea for art for art s sake, that it did not have to have a moral or make you a better person. it was enough that a terror story scares you because it is doing its job, and this also meant that because the story did not have to teach you something virtue didn t have to reward it. ,the villain could actually win in the end. richmond is where poe spent more of his life than any other city. it is his hometown. he referred to himself as a virginian. this is where he was orphaned at the age of two, and he grew up with foster parents, john and francis allen. without richmond he wouldn t have had the name allen. we wouldn t know what his name was. this is where he first fell in love. this is where he first wrote his poetry. this is where he had a lot of inspiredrations that literature for ....
he has several other books of note. at the news of his passing president obama tweeted e. l. doctorow was one of america s greatest novelists. he taught me much and he will be missed. the prizes he won including national humanities level the saul bellow award for achievement in american fiction, and the national book foundation medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. joining me now is my great friend, kate medina, she was his editor at random house and knew him well as a writer and as a friend. so we are especially pleased to have her come here this evening and talk about her friend and the man she had the great pleasure to edit, e. l. doctorow . welcome. you said in an interesting way through books and characters i will never forget, he showed us america s great flaws and its astonishing promise and our own. so where is his place in american literature? kate: for me, it is right at the top. it was exhilarating always to read him and one of the thin ....
and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: this evening we remember the acclaimed novelist e.l. doctorow. he died in manhattan yesterday from complications of lung cancer. he was 84. the new york times described him as a quote literary time traveler who stirred the past into fiction and one of the contemporary fictions most restless experimenters. he was best known for historical fiction set in the early 20th century united states. ragtime is the book that made him famous. it covers a decade and a half leading into world war i. his other notable works include the march, the waterworks and the book of daniel. at the news of his passing president o bomba tweeted quote e.l. doctorow was one of america s greatest novelists. his books taught me much and he will be missed. his work was honored with many awards over the last ....
and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: this evening we remember the acclaimed novelist e.l. doctorow. he died in manhattan yesterday from complications of lung cancer. he was 84. the new york times described him as a quote literary time traveler who stirred the past into fiction and one of the contemporary fictions most restless experimenters. he was best known for historical fiction set in the early 20th century united states. ragtime is the book that made him famous. it covers a decade and a half leading into world war i. his other notable works include the march, the waterworks and the book of daniel. at the news of his passing president o bomba tweeted quote e.l. doctorow was one of america s greatest novelists. his books taught me much and he will be missed. his work was honored with many awards over the last ....
kind of a bummer today. barcelona fans were waving the flag outside levis stadium. johnny and his bud dyes for sacramento ready. once in a lifetime. don t ever see this unless you re in europe. we re over here to support our team. two giants in the soccer world, barcelona and manchester united meeting the bay area for a friendly preseason game. manchester united fans were cheering on wayne rooney, team captain. daniel white had his own cheer. he is from l.a. drove up from southern california this morning, left at 4:30 in morning. whan chester scored early against bars lon narks the reigning soccer champion of europe. these manchester fans came from huntington beach. he wears his team pride on his arm. manchester united all day long. all about the red devils. it s overwhelming. it s so amazing to have this on tv and now we re in the same space with them. many fans say just getting here was pretty tough. traffic and long lines at security gates. we wer ....