Joseph Epstein
Jakey
‘Everybody loved Jake Rosenheim, except his son Jimmy, who hated him’
Bachelor
A new Chicago short story by Joseph Epstein
The End of the Lazars
A new short story.
Self-Deception
“The weather in early November was cool enough for me to start a fire. We settled in. Old friends. Cosy. “Have any of you heard of a game called Self-Deception?” Ellie Kaplan asked.”
Birth Mother
A new short story
The Viagra Triangle
“Why did I so strongly prefer that Mr Sherman not be an old fool,
another lost wanderer in the Viagra Triangle?” A new short story.
The Man On Whom Everything Was Lost
“Jeremy Jacobson,” he said, putting out a hand. “I’m a graduate student but very passionate about Henry James.”
The Casanova Of LaSalle Street
A new short story by Joseph Epstein
Kizerman and Feigenbaum
A short story
Rachmones
A new short story
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC