--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > 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. (-:
I'd rather not say, because there are some here who will leap upon them as a way of leaping upon me. But there are a few I've mentioned in the past. For funny, it's hard to beat Christopher Moore. For mastery, Dorothy Dunnett. The bottom line for me when it comes to "Favorite Writers" is the same as for "Favorite Movies or TV." Repeatability. That is, do I want to read it twice, or even more than twice? As much as I liked Nora Ephron, she never met that criterion. The corollary to this criterion is whether the writing in question gets *better* with every reading. For Chris Moore, and for Lady Dunnett, this is always true. > ________________________________ > 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 > > > Â > --- 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 > > >
