Joseph Epstein

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About

Joseph Epstein was formerly editor of the American Scholar. A long-time resident of Chicago, he has taught English and writing at Northwestern University for many years. He has written for numerous magazines including the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the Weekly Standard and Commentary.

He is the author of thirty-one books, many of them collections of essays. His books include the bestselling Snobbery and Friendship as well as the short-story collections The Goldin Boys, Fabulous Small Jews, The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff, Frozen in Time and Charm: The Elusive Enchantment.

Books by Joseph Epstein

  • Gallimaufry: A Collection of Essays, Reviews, Bits (2020)

    Charm: The Elusive Enchantment (2018)

    The Ideal of Culture: Essays (2018)

    Where Were We?: The Conversation Continues, with Frederic Raphael (2017)

    Wind Sprints: Shorter Essays (2016)

    Frozen in Time (2016)

    Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport (2015)

    A Literary Education and Other Essays (2014)

    Distant Intimacy: A Friendship in the Age of the Internet, with Frederic Raphael (2013)

    Essays in Biography (2012)

    Gossip: The Untrivial Pursuit (2011)

    The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories (2010)

    Fred Astaire (2008)

    In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage (2007)

    Friendship: An Exposé (2006)

    Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy’s Guide (2006)

    Fabulous Small Jews (2003)

    Envy (2003)

    Snobbery: The American Version (2002)

    Narcissus Leaves the Pool: Familiar Essays (1999)

    Life Sentences: Literary Essays (1997)

    With My Trousers Rolled: Familiar Essays (1995)

    Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life (1993)

    A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays (1991)

    The Goldin Boys: Stories (1991)

    Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives (1988)

    Once More Around the Block: Familiar Essays (1987)

    Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing (1985)

    Middle of My Tether: Familiar Essays (1983)

    Ambition: The Secret Passion (1980)

    Familiar Territory: Observations on American Life (1979)

    Divorced in America: Marriage in an Age of Possibility (1974)