Joseph Epstein

In Chapter I of “The Novel, Who Needs It?” Joseph Epstein includes this snippet of dialogue from Bernard Malamud’s novel “The Assistant”: He asked her what books she was reading. ...

Years ago, when asked “How’s it going?” a woman I knew always responded, “I’m getting better and better ...

Ask someone for the title or author of a favorite book, and most could give you an answer. ...

Commentary “Trelawney was always changing his style—even his name, too, I believe, which is, of course, no more ...