Sarah Jae Leiber, Author at Bright Wall/Dark Room

JoinedSeptember 1, 2021

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Sarah Jae Leiber is a Jewish playwright, screenwriter, and essayist from just outside of Philadelphia, PA. She has essays and satire at Bitch Media, Jewish Women's Archive, BroadwayWorld, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Niche, Screen Queens, Sally Mag, The Broadway Beat, and more. Sarah holds a BA in theatre and history from Muhlenberg College, and her 30-minute dramedy pilot, Hearts and Bones, was a semifinalist in ScreenCraft's 2021 TV Pilot competition. You can find her on Twitter @sarahjaeleiber.

‘Everything is Copy’ and Searching for Nora Ephron’s ‘Kimberly’

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Once I noticed the Kimberlys in Nora Ephron’s work, I couldn’t stop noticing them. If we’re accepting Ephron’s own assertion that real-life hurt and heartbreak can be put into fiction with impunity, what did she have against some woman named Kimberly?