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L. DOCTOROW  \nWelcome to Hard Times Big as Life  \nThe Book of Daniel Drinks Before Dinner (play) Loon Lake  \nLives of the Poets  \nWorld’s Fair  \nBilly Bathgate  \nJack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution (essays) The Waterworks  \nCity of God  \nSweet Land Stories  \nThe March  \nCreationists: Selected Essays, 1993–2006  \nThe author thanks the  \nJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Creative Artists Program Service for fellowships awarded during the period in which this novel was written.  \nRespectfully dedicated to Rose Doctorow Buck  \nDo not play this piece fast  \nIt is never right to play Ragtime fast….  \n—SCOTT JOPLIN  \nI","cbCaidawk6xuAT90","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidawk6xuAT90","pdf",1778411,326,"English","# Praise for Ragtime\n## ALSO BY E. L. DOCTOROW\n### Essays and Plays","[{\"question\":\"What is the general critical reception of E. L. 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