Book Commercials & Misanthropic Observations

Mr. Epstein’s kind reply

What a wonderful way to start the workweek by finding this email in my inbox:

Dear Ms. Dopkins,

     Many thanks for this generous and charming e-mail. “Like a sorbet for the brain” is a wonderful simile, and I am proud that my scribbling has been the occasion for it.

     People tell me that I do talk as I write. Whether this puts people off or not, I do not know. Fortunately, my wife talks much the way I do, so thus far this has not proved a crippling problem.

Best wishes, Joseph Epstein

Now I like him even more.