Leslie Epstein

Leslie Epstein teaches creative writing at Boston University. His three Leib Goldkorn books were recently published as The Goldkorn Variations: A Trilorgy (no typo). His play King of the Jews runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 18 at the HERE Theater.

A Great Day
The painting that paid for ‘The King of the Jews’
byLeslie Epstein
FICTION
A Pond of Fish
Tablet Original Fiction
byLeslie Epstein
FICTION
A Lavender Marriage, 2019
A story of painted portraits and meetings in the park
byLeslie Epstein
Leib in Love
Did Michiko Kakutani ever receive L. Goldkorn’s $6,000 worth of messages in a bottle?
byLeslie Epstein
Goodbye, Leib Goldkorn
In an afterword to a new and perhaps final collection of Goldkorn stories, the author explains the origins of his alter ego, and bids him farewell
byLeslie Epstein
The Fuhrer Is in Heaven
Tablet fiction from Leslie Epstein’s new ‘Hill of Beans’: Goebbels goes to the movies
byLeslie Epstein
Hard & Hardardt
Thanksgiving Fiction: This is how Jack Warner celebrates in America
byLeslie Epstein
FICTION
The Fox and Lox
A high-stakes poker story for Valentine’s Day
byLeslie Epstein
Room 222
FICTION: Four seasons in academic hell
byLeslie Epstein
The Milk Can
Who gets to trifle with despair?
byLeslie Epstein
FICTION
Mr. Barbershop
A three-part invention
byLeslie Epstein
How the Epstein Twins Drove Jack Warner Nuts
The Hollywood screenwriting duo behind ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ playfully battled the studio boss over McCarthyism, unions, and Jews
byLeslie Epstein
Never Too Old
The centenarian hero of the forthcoming novel Liebestod enjoys a ménage à six with a rabbi’s wife, a Brazilian bombshell, and a three-legged cat
byLeslie Epstein
Child of His Time
Holocaust survivor Aharon Appelfeld, Israel’s greatest living writer and author of the new Until the Dawn’s Light, retains his capacity for wonder
byLeslie Epstein