In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the work of Scholastique Mukasonga, an interview with Thomas Kendall, and more.
George Gershwin is 113-years-old today
Posted by Jason Diamond Today on this day in 1898, Jacob Gershowitz was born in Brooklyn. He’d later change his name to George Gershwin, and go on to be one of the two or three most important composers in American history.