Frozen in Time: Twenty Stories [Paperback]

Praise for Joseph Epsteins The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories:As cutting as his stories of the literary world are, Epstein is also a master at capturing the happenstance of urban life and at dramatizing the bewildering fact that we understand so little about each other. Perfectly executed, bold, and unforgettable. Booklist (starred review)[Epsteins] themes and insights are universal, and his humor is for all time.The estimable Joseph Epsteinessayist, past editor of The American Scholar, and recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal along with Hal Holbrook and John Updikebrings together twenty short stories in his first such collection since 2010. Most, though not all, of the stories are set in Epsteins hometown of Chicago, but otherwise they have a variety of subjects: among the titles are Dad's Gay, The Casanova of LaSalle Street, JDate, Adultery, Widow's Pique, Race Relations, The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost, My Five Husbands, and Second Family. Most are stories about family and friendships.The estimable Joseph Epsteinessayist, past editor of The American Scholar, and recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal along with Hal Holbrook and John Updikebrings together twenty short stories in his first such collection since 2010. Most, though not all, of the stories are set in Epsteins hometown of Chicago, but otherwise they have a variety of subjects: among the titles are Dad's Gay, The Casanova of LaSalle Street, JDate, Adultery, Widow's Pique, Race Relations, The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost, My Five Husbands, and Second Family. Most are stories about family and friendships.Joseph Epstein is an essayist, short story writer, and editor, and from 1974 to 1998 the editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society's The American Scholar magazine. He was also a lecturer at Northwestern University from 1974 to 2002. He is a Contributing Editor at The Weekly Standard and a long-time contributor of essayl£Â