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newyorker:

Nora Ephron, 1941-2012

“The odd thing about this form of communication, is that you’re more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings.” - You’ve Got Mail

Read Ariel Levy’s remembrance of Nora Ephron, “Everyone’s Arch and Insightful New Best Friend”: http://nyr.kr/MooDBF 

And here are some of the many wonderful pieces that Ephron wrote for the magazine:

“My Life As an Heiress”
Ephron’s Personal History about her uncle and her inheritance.
October 11, 2010

“The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut”
A spoof of Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
July 5, 2010

“No, But We Saw the Movie”
Confusion sets in after seeing the adaptation of “No Country For Old Men.”
November 26, 2007

“Moving On”
Ephron writes about her love affair with her Upper West Side apartment, in the Apthorp.
June 5, 2006

“Serial Monogamy”
An essay about the cooks and cookbooks that influenced Ephron over the years.
February 13, 2006

Read more Nora Ephron pieces from The New Yorker archive.

Read Ariel Levy’s 2009 Profile of Nora Ephron.