Tag Archives: Joseph Epstein

Roundup: From Addis to Epstein

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Reporter, an Ethiopian English-language journal, has identified the wholesale modernization of the country’s capital Addis Ababa as a matter of cultural concern.  Here are the opening paragraphs: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s enigmatic capital, is undergoing a makeover that’s as controversial … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice Roundup

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–In the current issue of Commentary magazine, essayist Joseph Epstein has an article entitled “Good Grief.” This is a fairly light discussion of the heavy subjects of grieving and bereavement. In the course of the discussion, this appears: With Jessica … Continue reading →

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David Pryce-Jones’s Signed Books

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Literary critic and historian David Pryce-Jones has written another memoir. This one is called Signatures: Literary Encounters of a Lifetime and consists of 90 memoirs of the authors of books in his collection which contain their signatures. In each case … Continue reading →

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Joseph Epstein Reviews Waugh

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Veteran US essayist, short-story writer and former editor of The American Scholar, Joseph Epstein, has written a review of Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. This appears in the latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books and is as … Continue reading →

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Don’t Call Me Evie

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article in the latest Weekly Standard, essayist and frequent contributor Mr Joseph Epstein complains of the current habit of addressing complete strangers by their first names. He cites as an annoying example a recent reply email from the … Continue reading →

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Waugh Out of Context

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Writer Joseph Epstein in the latest issue of  Commentary magazine reviews Richard Bradford’s book Literary Rivals. The article entitled, “‘You Stink’, He Explained”, opens with a quote from Evelyn Waugh: “Humility is not a virtue propitious to the artist. It is often … Continue reading →

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