Ok, thanks for explaining. So, who IS one of your favorite writers? I mean, that I might be familiar with given my limitations, weirdness, Domeness, etc. (-:
________________________________ From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: RIP Nora ques to Barry --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Ok, Barry, now I'm really confused. You say her writing style > was superb and she always made you laugh. BUT, she was not > one of your favorite writers! > Huh? What am I missing here? Many writers, few spots on the "Favorites" list. > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 8:11 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] RIP Nora > > Nora Ephron was never one of my favorite writers, but I > can say of her something I can't say about many others -- > she always made me laugh. Whether it was in the scripts > of her movies or in articles for Esquire or the New Yorker > or Huffington Post, she was a hoot. Her writing style was > superb, and no matter how serious the subject, it almost > always seemed to be almost-but-not-quite-concealing-a- > smile. If you don't know her except as the author of > "When Harry Met Sally," here are a couple of short > pieces to hopefully make you smile as well. > > Her recent hilarious short parody of Stieg Larsson: > http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/05/100705sh_shouts_ephron > > Nora's famous slightly longer piece on becoming an heiress: > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_ephron >
