Without Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table, would there be a New Yorker magazine in 2007? On Sunday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m. is a talk and discussion titled “Dorothy Parker and the Birth of the New Yorker” given by Kevin Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York. The talk is at the Bowery Poetry Club, part of the Great Poets in NYC series sponsored by Rattapallax, a journal of international writing. The address is 308 Bowery (off Bleecker) and admission is free.