Jhumpa Lahiri, on fiction:

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

- Jhumpa Lahiri.

On this day in music history - In The Wake, by Ann Sweeten (2011):

The album In The Wake,

by Ann Sweeten,

was released on November 28, 2011.

On this day in movie history - Port of New York (1949):

Port of New York

directed by László Benedek,

written by Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend,

based on a story by Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray,

was released in the United States on November 28, 1949.
Narrated by Chet Huntley.
Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake, Lynne Carter, John Kellogg, William Challee, Neville Brand, Barry Brooks, Harry Brown, George M. Carleton, Stephen Chase, Steve Crandall, Sayre Dearing, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton, Fred Graham, Raymond Greenleaf, Chuck Hamilton, Patricia Hawkins, Joe Haworth, Chet Huntley, Stan Johnson, Doyle Manor, Joe Mantell, Jean McBride, Mickey McCardle, James Nolan, Tudor Owen, John Parris, Steve Pendleton, David Perry, Alexander Pope, Gordon Richards, Henry Rowland, Glenn Thompson, Larry Thompson, Harlan Warde.

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

Born on this day – Hope Lange:

Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Woman's Secret (1949); Black Noon (1971); Blonde Fever (1944); Blood and Lace (1971); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Chandler (1971); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossfire (1947); Daniel Boone (1970); Dome Project (2010); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Escape (1971); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Game of Murder (1973); General Electric Theater (1961); Grindl (1964); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Human Desire (1954); In a Lonely Place (1950); Iron Horse (1967); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kojak (1977); Macao (1952); Mama's Dirty Girls (1974); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mannix (1970); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Merton of the Movies (1947); Mr. Griffin and Me (1981); My Heart Tells Me (1944); Naked Alibi (1954); Not as a Stranger (1955); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Oklahoma! (1955); Polka Dot Polka (1944); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); Pulp Cinema (2001); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Roughshod (1949); Sam Benedict (1962); Seventh Avenue (1977); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1984); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Big Heat (1953); The Cobweb (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Dancing Princesses (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Glass Wall (1953); The Good Die Young (1954); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Loners (1972); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nesting (1981); The New Breed (1961); The Outer Limits (1964); The Todd Killings (1971); Then Came Bronson (1969); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:

Mario Nascimbene

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002