Things Calvin Trillin Forgot To Say

Journalist and humorist Calvin Trillin wrote about Jacob Schiff and his uncle Ben Daynovsky in the first issue of Moment (1975), trying to figure out why his family entered the United States through Texas and not Ellis Island. Trillin shares an update on his Jacob Schiff adventures and what he’s thinking about and working on today. In conversation Moment Opinion & Books Editor Amy E. Schwartz.