I found a copy of Howard Teichmann’s 1976 biography, Smart Aleck, The Wit, World and Life of Alexander Woollcott. A bargain at $4. Woolcott was one of the founders of the Algonquin Round Table. The book is giving me excellent information for more Parker additions. I found out that Woollcott, after the Round Table disbanded…
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
I'm a writer and sightseeing guide. I'm the author and editor of seven books tied to New York history. I started the Dorothy Parker Society in 1999 with friends at the Algonquin Hotel.
Riverside Drive Location
Lynda Engstrom writes to tell me: “There’s a photo plate facing page 236 in “What Fresh Hell Is This?” of Dorothy in 1903 on the steps of the Soldiers and Sailor’s monument …. West 89th Street near Riverside Drive…” When the weather improves, I will get some photos of the park. www.dorothyparker.com
Murphy Daughter Passes Away at 81
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Honoria Murphy Donnelly dies at age 81. Mrs. Donnelly, whose book about her parents, Sara and Gerald Murphy, was published in 1982, died of liver cancer Dec. 22 at a hospice in Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Donnelly was described as one of the last links to the generation of writers that included…
San Diego Show Includes Parker
Together in the Fires of Delight will be performed in San Diego in January. Photo: ML Hart. If you live in Southern California, you may want to get tickets for an interesting show that includes some of Dorothy Parker’s work in it. According to the production manager, “The Sexes” — Mrs. Parker’s 1927 short story…