Author

Joseph Epstein

Joseph Epstein has written for Commentary for more than 60 years. His most recent book is Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life (Simon & Schuster).

216 articles by Joseph Epstein

The 1960s Were Not-So-Goodwin

by Joseph Epstein

What’s bad now was midwifed then

by Joseph Epstein

Thoughts on solitude

by Joseph Epstein

Should a writer be famous for being quite this neurotic?

by Joseph Epstein

A dissent on the Bard

by Joseph Epstein

What wonders they hold as they vanish

by Joseph Epstein

Name a living painter or poet you admire. You can’t? Ah, then, read on.

by Joseph Epstein

An examination

by Joseph Epstein

Can writing without judgment be great?

by Joseph Epstein

A memoir

by Joseph Epstein

Reflections on a dreaded emotion

by Joseph Epstein

Revisiting an impossible, imperious, brilliant writer

by Joseph Epstein

On Johanna Kaplan and Bette Howland