Leonard Quart

“Irwin Epstein had a long career and built an international reputation as an academic researcher who wrote books and articles on professionalization and applied social work research in health and mental health among other subjects. Whatever the topic, he also...

Louis Siegelman, D.D.S.

“So well composed, and written. I have always appreciated my guy friends, but haven’t spent time reading and thinking about the relationship aspect of those friendships. Now I will. Congratulations on a timely work of art.”  

Nancy B. Austin, Psy.D.

“Irwin’s lifetime adventures with male friends are happily peppered with irony and often result in outright laughter.  “Men Friends” was a pleasure for this woman to read.”

Professor Ku, Hok Bun, PhD

“In our lives, we encounter many different people. Some create trauma for us, but some bring us love, joy, and wisdom. Irwin is my friend with a big difference in age. I met him in one of our DSW dissertation oral exams. At that time, I began to fall in love with both...

Joseph Boskin

“Memoirs are a sojourn into the past for idiosyncratic reasons.  Undergirding this tricky passage are attempts to gain in-depth perspective and to reach fulfilling closure. Irwin Epstein’s memoir not only arrives at both places but in this beautifully and lively...