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Joseph Epstein

Joseph Epstein

Emeritus Lecturer

University Hall Room 215
Telephone: (847) 491-7294
Fax: (847) 467-1545
E-mail: j-epstein@northwestern.edu


Joseph Epstein (B.A. University of Chicago) edited and introduced Masters: Portraits of Great Teachers. Author of Divorced in America, Familiar Territory, Ambition, The Middle of My Tether, Plausible Prejudices, Once More Around the Block, Partial Payments, and A Line Out for A Walk (essays); Pertinent Players; With My Trousers Rolled (1995); editor, The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1996); The Goldin Boys (stories);Life Sentences (1997) and Narcissus Leaves the Pool (essays-5/1999), Snobbery (essays, 2002) and Fabulous Small Jews (short stories, 7/2003).

Publications by Joseph Epstein

Fabulous Small Jews Fabulous Small Jews

Snobbery Snobbery: The American Version

Narcissus Leaves the Pool Narcissus Leaves the Pool

Life Sentences Life Sentences

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