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New book
I am the co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Round Table, coming out in the summer of 2009. More …
Walking tours
I have been leading literary walking tours for 10 years in New York City. There are several planned for 2009. More …
Photos galore
I am a member of the New York Pinup Photography Club. I've met terrific people as I work on my photo skills. More …
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
Books
Books I've written/edited:
2005: A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York (Roaring Forties Press). Take a journey into the city of theaters, bars, and hotel rooms where Dorothy Parker sharpened her wit, polished her writing, and captured the edgy mood of her times. This eye-opening volume explores Mrs. Parker's favorite salons and saloons as well as her homes and offices (most of them still intact); charts her colorful career and intense private life; and recounts her political activism, theatrical exploits, and final years. More information
2009: The Lost Algonquin Round Table (Donald Books-iUniverse). Edited by Nat Benchley & Kevin C. Fitzpatrick. The Legendary Writers of the "Vicious Circle" Collected Together For The First Time. In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writings by sixteen members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and "lost" pieces from obscure periodicals. Presented together are: Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart; Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood; Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech; Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor; Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker and John V.A. Weaver.
2010: The Algonquin Round Table's New York (Roaring Forties Press). A journey into the world of the celebrated "Vicious Circle" of the 1920s. Visit the group's favorite places: Speakeasies, Theaters, Offices, Homes and Landmarks. For the first time, a book collects the haunts of all 30 members of the group and details their life in New York City. It includes more than 150 illustrations.