• About

In the Stacks

~ Adult Services @ Naperville Public Library

Tag Archives: you ve got mail

Honoring Nora Ephron (1941-2012)

02 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by nplblogs in Book Reviews, Databases

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

college commencement address, karen silkwood, Nora Ephron, Women Writers, Women's Issues, you ve got mail


Nora Ephron – journalist, writer, screenwriter, director and playwright – passed away last week.  A daughter of writers and a witty social critic all her life, Ephron weaved herself into our cultural consciousness over the course of six decades.  In addition to her recent memoirs I Remember Nothing and I Feel Bad About My Neck, she wrote the screenplays for When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail and Julie & Julia.  Though she was only 71, news sources say she suffered from a blood disorder.

Ephron was a champion of women, and prided herself on drawing inspiration from real life.  Her novel Heartburn is reputedly based on her breakup with her second husband Carl Bernstein, and her 1983 screenplay Silkwood is based on the story of Karen Silkwood, who exposed shoddy manufacturing practices at her plutonium fuel rod plant.  She admired strong and flawed women who could be honest about their struggles with relationships and careers, and she was never shy about sharing her own.  She was famously preoccupied with her failed marriages and the experience of growing older, but always approached her anxieties with good (and acerbic) humor.

At a Wellesley College commencement address in 1996, she passed on some of her most famous advice to the female graduates:

“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.”

We remember Nora at NPL, where her work will live on for years to come.  Check out our shelves and honor her with the laughter she inspired all her life.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Authors

  • nplblogs
    • Not Just for Pundits: Political Fiction
    • FRQs: Fantastic Reference Questions (Part II)
    • Get Cooking With Our Culinary Arts Collection!

RSS Feed

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 11 other followers

Categories

Book Reviews Databases eBooks Food General Genre Movies Pay It Forward Public libraries Uncategorized

Tags

1960s Academy Awards ALA April Fools Day Audies Audiobooks Audio Month Autism Back to School Based on the Book Big 6 Publishers Canada Goose Carnival Cruises Celebrity Authors Chase's Calendar of Events Cinco de Mayo clouds college commencement address Cookbooks databases derecho Digital Dyslexic Readers Dystopias eBooks Election 2012 Fahrenheit 451 Father's Day fiction Free Resources Health Databases History Home Improvement Books James Cameron karen silkwood Kentucky Derby Kindle Libraries in Crisis Los Angeles Public Library Mad Men Mango Languages Mother's Day Movies Based on Books Naperville Community Heritage Nonfiction Nooks Nora Ephron NoveList Outdoor Libraries Overdrive Pew Internet and American Life Pirates Pranks product reviews Public Libraries Ray Bradbury Readalikes Readers' Corner review Saint Valentine Skill Building Tax Assistance Taxes Tax Forms teen Test Resources The Hunger Games Titanic Unbroken Valentine's Day weather phenomenon Women's Issues Women Writers YA you ve got mail

Twitter Updates

  • No matter how you celebrate the Holiday season, make sure you do it with books! https://t.co/upqs3sAJWs 14 hours ago
  • Naperville School District 203 educators will be on-hand to screen your child's development and share results with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 16 hours ago
  • FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING - TODAY @ NAPER BLVD. Want to learn how your child is growing and developing? Join us fo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 16 hours ago
  • Here's what's happening today at the library! Nichols 10:30 AM - Family Storytime Naper Blvd. 9:30 AM - Groovy T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 16 hours ago
  • RT @hooplaDigital: You made it to #Friday! We definitely have that #FridayFeeling! Time to celebrate with some #NewMusicFriday 🎶 🎧 https:/… 16 hours ago
Follow @naperlib

Archives

  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • November 2011
  • October 2011

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
%d bloggers like this: