Snobbery joseph epstein biography
Snobbery joseph epstein biography
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Joseph Epstein (writer)
American writer
Myron Joseph Epstein (born January 9, 1937)[1][2] is an American writer who was the editor of the magazine The American Scholar from 1975 to 1997.
He has published books on subjects such as Ambition, Snobbery, Envy, Friendship, and Charm, as well as collections of his essays and stories, many of which previously appeared in various publications.
Early life and education
Epstein was born to Maurice and Belle Epstein in Chicago, Illinois on January 9, 1937.[1] He graduated from Senn High School and attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[3] He served in the U.S.
Army for two years as an enlisted soldier from 1958 to 1960, and received a bachelor of arts in absentia from the University of Chicago in 1959.[1][4][5]
Career
Epstein's essay "Who Killed Poetry?", published in Commentary in 1988,[6] generated discussion in the lite