The New York Times – Film:
Across film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.
Category: Ragtime (Book)
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The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’
The New York Times – T Magazine:
In the novel, E.L. Doctorow makes characters out of J. Pierpont Morgan, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington and others, sometimes hewing to the historical record and sometimes going his own way.
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With ‘Ragtime,’ E.L. Doctorow Blends Fact and Fantasy to Deliver a Pointed Critique
The New York Times – T Magazine:
In the 1975 novel, as Jonathan Dee writes, the gaps between disparate American lives are closed and the veils that keep some invisible to others are dropped.