Ephron, Nora

Journalist and filmmaker Nora Ephron smiles at the camera

As a Guest

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June 27, 2012

14:11

A Laugh A Minute, On Screen And In Life.

Nora Ephron, the essayist, novelist, screenwriter and film director, died Tuesday night in Manhattan. She was 71, and suffered from leukemia. Fresh Air remembers the creator of Silkwood and When Harry Met Sally with excerpts from a 2006 interview from WHYY's Radio Times.

As a Topic

2 segments

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March 31, 2016

27:00

In 'Everything Is Copy,' Nora Ephron's Son Tries Her Philosophy

Jacob Bernstein named his documentary about his mother after an Ephron family saying — "everything is copy," meaning that anything and everything that happens to you is fair game to write about.

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Jacob. Bernstein

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December 9, 2013

42:31

Delia Ephron On The Closeness And Complexity Of Sisterhood

Novelist Delia Ephron says that losing her older sister Nora was like "losing an arm." But for all their collaboration and closeness, Delia writes about the complications of sisterhood in her new collection of autobiographical essays, Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.).

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Delia Ephron

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A Laugh A Minute, On Screen And In Life.

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In 'Everything Is Copy,' Nora Ephron's Son Tries Her Philosophy

Delia Ephron On The Closeness And Complexity Of Sisterhood

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