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Joseph Epstein (born January 9, 1937) is a Chicagoan essayist, short story writer, and editor, best known as a former editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society's The American Scholar magazine and for his recent essay collection, Snobbery: The American Version. He was also a lecturer at Northwestern University from 1974 - 2002. He is a Contributing Editor at The Weekly Standard and a long-time contributor of essays and short stories to The New Criterion and Commentary. The late William F. Buckley, Jr. in his review of Snobbery called Epstein the wittiest writer alive.
[edit] Selected works
[edit] Essay collections and books
- Divorced in America: Marriage in an age of possibility (1974)
- Familiar Territory: Observations on American Life (1979)
- Ambition: The Secret Passion (1980)
- Middle of My Tether: Familiar Essays (1983)
- Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing (1985)
- Once More Around the Block: Familiar Essays (1987)
- Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives (1988)
- A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays (1991)
- Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life (1993)
- With My Trousers Rolled: Familiar Essays (1995)
- Life Sentences: Literary Essays (1997)
- Narcissus Leaves the Pool: Familiar Essays (1999, paperback 2007)
- Snobbery: The American Version (2002)
- Envy (2003)
- Friendship: An Exposé (2006)
- Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy's Guide (2006)
- In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage (2007)
- Fred Astaire (2008)
[edit] Short story collections
- The Goldin Boys: Stories (1991)
- Fabulous Small Jews (2003)
[edit] External links
