Joseph Epstein takes on that most enchanting (and, alas, increasingly rare) of human gifts, charm.
A long-time teacher of English at Northwestern University, he lives in Evanston, Illinois..
Bush along with John Updike, Hal Holbrook, and Robert Ballard.
In 2003 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W.
His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper\'s Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines.
Cavafy, or merely looking at Rita Hayworth or Ava Gardner, one recalls that the world can be a pretty damn fine place." About author(s): Joseph Epstein is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and Friendship, as well as the short story collections The Goldin Boys, Fabulous Small Jews and Frozen in Time, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar.
Watching Fred Astaire dance, or listening to Blossom Dearie sing, or reading the poems of C.
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Charm is a reminder that the world is filled with jolly prospects and delightful possibilities.
A charming person can cause you to forget your problems, at least temporarily, to hold the world\'s dreariness at bay.
In the presence of charm the world seems lighter and lovelier. "Charm is magic of a kind; it casts a spell. "Almost everyone will recognize when he or she is in the presence of charm," he writes.
Joseph Epstein takes on that most enchanting (and, alas, increasingly rare) of human gifts, charm
