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We got a press release from Thomas Saunders of the Robert Benchley Society. He points us to a new book of Benchley work coming out this month: The Athletic Benchley: 105 Exercises From The Detroit Athletic Club News By Robert Benchley Presented in their original form these pieces have not been seen in decades. Hilarious and…
Adrienne Crew, the coolest woman in Hollywood and president of the LA Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society, sent us this message today. If you want to attend these events, shoot her an email: Adrienne [at sign] dorothyparker [dot] com The LA Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society is back with an event for May….
The Portable Dorothy Parker was the only book of Mrs. Parker’s work in print when she died in 1967. Today readers can practically put together an entire bookshelf of work by and about Mrs. Parker. To add to this Parker Pantheon is a new book from Penguin Classics that collects almost all of her poems—both…
The Dorothy Parker Society does not have meetings: we have parties. And in March we will have two, in two locations of the world-famous Flute. These are now monthly parties, so if you reside outside of New York, you can make plans: The Last Thursday of the Month and the Last Saturday of the Month!…
The Los Angeles Chapter has a fun time in February at its get-together. (Don Spiro photos) The Dorothy Parker Society’s LA Chapter has lots of fun planned for March. Friends of Dottie can come out and support Stuart Y Silverstein, who will be reading and discussing his book Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of…
Los Angeles was where Dorothy Parker lived off and on for more than 30 years. The Dorothy Parker Society Los Angeles Chapter is getting busy this year with activities. Our able West Coast President, Adrienne Crew (adrienne (AT SIGN) dorothyparker (DOT) com) has 2 events coming up that you will not want to miss if…