Editing Jason Epstein (section)

==Early life and education==
Epstein was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], on August 25, 1928.  His father, Robert, worked as a partner in the family textile business; his mother, Gladys (Shapiro), was a housewife.<ref name="NYT obit">{{Cite news |last=Lehmann-Haupt |first=Christopher |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/books/jason-epstein-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205051920/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/books/jason-epstein-dead.html |archive-date=February 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name="WP obit">{{Cite news |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Jason Epstein, publishing executive who shaped literary tastes, dies at 93 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/02/04/publisher-jason-epstein-dies/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209080738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/02/04/publisher-jason-epstein-dies/ |archive-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>  His family was [[American Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Eugene L. |date=April 17, 2012 |title=Jason Epstein: Publishing Icon, Perennial Student |url=http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/jason-epstein-e2809949-publishing-icon-perennial-student |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630081203/http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/jason-epstein-e2809949-publishing-icon-perennial-student |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |website=Washington Independent Review of Books}}</ref>  An only child, he attended public schools in [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]], Massachusetts, completing high school at age 15.<ref name="NYT obit" />  He studied [[English literature]] at [[Columbia University]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]].  He graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in 1949, before obtaining a [[Master of Arts]] the following year.<ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name="WP obit" />