Thursday, June 18, 2015

Billy Rose Story in Forward

Forward newspaper just published my article on the showman, producer, art collector, songwriter, tough guy, Jewish activist, nightclub owner, and self-proclaimed sob, Billy Rose (1899-1966).

I'm writing a new Rose biography. There has not been one since 1968. Brandeis University Press will publish, though the book won't appear for quite some time yet.

It's quite a story.


"We Will Never Die" Gets Major Press

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