Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
Photos of Dorothy Parker are not plentiful. There are perhaps 50 or so out in the public realm, in total. That seems odd in today’s Instagram-driven culture. But there are really not that many. So when a new one popped up on the New York Public Library Digital Archive in 2014, it was a revelation….
I’ve turned the Dorothy Parker walking tour into a virtual tour. I supply the tour, you can watch with a martini (don’t spill it). It’s cat and dog friendly too in the spirit of Mrs. Parker. Plus we can cover a lot more ground together. I’m offering them on Mondays and Saturdays for three weeks,…
In these heartbreaking times of the coronavirus and fears of a global pandemic, when the outbreak is impacting millions of lives and scores of families have already lost loved ones, many commentators and historians are writing about the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. The mysterious form of the influenza virus killed between 20 and 40 million…
In the world of “lost” Dorothy Parker poems, there is no greater sleuth than Stuart Y. Silverstein. His groundbreaking 1996 book Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker, uncovered more than 120 pieces that Parker had not collected in her lifetime. In 2020, four more are included to the realm of missing poems….
In late November a shotgun-toting schmuck took shots at an American Bald Eagle in rural Missouri. She was wounded in her leg and wing, coming down in a cornfield northwest of Granville, in Monroe County. Quick-thinking by the landowner drew agents from the Missouri Department of Conservation to rescue the bird. Although bald eagles are…
It is Hollywood awards show season, so this is the perfect time to uncover a long-lost Dorothy Parker book review about the town that she loathed so much. This incredible find is the review of the classic What Makes Sammy Run? written by Budd Schulberg. Parker wrote the review for PM, a left-leaning New York…
Due to the strange machinations of U.S. copyright law, on January 1, 2020, more works of art, film, music, poetry, and writing will enter the public domain. This milestone will bring out work published in 1924 that copyrights have been lifted. Dorothy Parker makes the list with a few gems published 96 years ago, including…
The Repeal Society is holding its 4th annual Repeal Day Party on Thursday, December 5, and they are having at New York Distilling Company, purveyors of Dorothy Parker Gin. The party is hosted by Miss Art Deco Dandy Dillinger and it will feature a special treat for Dorothy Park fans: the mink coat we raised…
I recently acquired a rare Dorothy Parker photo I had never seen in more than 20 years of collecting. I was familiar with the image, because a similar one is on a dust jacket (The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker, Modern Library) and it appears it was taken moments apart. This image is…
Celebrate Halloween with the life of Dorothy Parker. The walking tour of her homes and haunts on the Upper West Side will be offered Thursday, Oct. 31, at Noon. We visit about 15 places related to the life of young Dorothy Rothschild, her family, and her lifestyle. See her school and where Dottie walked her…