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Today is Public Domain Day and the Dorothy Parker Society is marking the day with the release of a brand-new recording of “Dialogue at Three in the Morning” produced by professional voiceover artist Kimberly M. Wetherell. Today 47 poems and five short stories by Parker enter the public domain in the U.S. This is the…
More Dorothy Parker poetry and short fiction will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2022, than ever before in a single year: 47 poems and five short stories. This is a much higher figure than 2021 when 25 poems had their copyrights expire, or 2020 when the number was only…
Debby Applegate earned a Pulitzer Prize for writing The Most Famous Man in America, the Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, and now she turns her gaze to the Jazz Age and one of the most popular names in Manhattan: brothel owner Polly Adler. Applegate spent more than a decade researching and crafting the book. Get…
The final resting place of Dorothy Parker in historic Woodlawn Cemetery was marked with a gravestone in time for the 128th anniversary of her birth. The cremains of the famous critic, poet, and champion for social justice were brought to the cemetery a year ago. “Our Great Aunt is now in our family plot in…
The best and longest radio interview Dorothy Parker ever gave has been rediscovered and is now available to listen to here for free. Thanks to researcher-collector Mark Rosenberg, who donated a copy to the Dorothy Parker Society, fans can hear Parker talking about subjects as diverse as Truman Capote releasing In Cold Blood and Frank…
The upcoming 2021 Parkerfest has given me the opportunity to look back at the events that the Dorothy Parker Society has held in the past, starting in 1999. After few hours of looking at old photos in the archives–people with cigarettes in hand indoors–and reviewing the “recaps” of past Parkerfest soirees–yes we chartered a yacht…
The 20th annual Parkerfest will be held August 20-22, 2021, and this year there will be gatherings in Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Manhattan, as we celebrate the homecoming of Dorothy Parker to her hometown. One is dog-friendly, so be sure to not miss out on one of our events. Unfortunately, the Algonquin Hotel has not…
The words of Dorothy Parker have been translated into more than a dozen languages, from Spanish to Turkish. Since the 1950s Parker has been available in French. Now a new play by celebrated French actress-director Zabou Breitman is packing them in at the Avignon Festival, a major cultural event held annually in July in southeastern…
The Dorothy Parker Memorial Fund is to support the final resting place of Dorothy Parker in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York. Her remains were brought back to her hometown and interred on her birthday last year. A new, permanent granite gravestone is currently being created. The financial support will go to the memorial and…
No artist drew Dorothy Parker more often than the legendary New York “line king” Al Hirschfeld. The Al Hirschfeld Foundation has created a special limited edition t-shirt to support the Dorothy Parker Memorial Fund, which is how fans can support the final resting place of Mrs. Parker in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York….