Tag Archives: Nora Ephron

How Ephron Saved Romantic Comedies

By Robin Bates | Published: July 6, 2012

Nora Ephron draw on Woody’s Allen’s “nervous comedies” to save romantic comedies.

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Books that Cook

By Robin Bates | Published: March 17, 2010

Jennifer Cognard-Black        As I am out of town this week, I am asking colleagues in the St. Mary’s English Department to contribute articles to my website.  Jennifer Cognard-Black teaches a course called “Books that Cook” that is so popular that it has a two-year waiting list of students who want to get into it.   You [...]

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