After the New York Times wrote the kind of story a company would cut its arms off to get, I added a Goodreads book club this week. The Dorothy Parker Society Constant Reader Book Club is open for business and book lovers. It would be nice to build this up as a place to talk…
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Parkerfest 2012 Schedule of Events
The Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to announce the schedule for its 14th annual Parkerfest, to be held August 22-25 in New York City, to celebrate the birthday of the beloved poet, author and critic. The two-borough affair will include a walking tour of Mrs. Parker’s neighborhood, a party and tour in the Brooklyn distillery…
Dorothy Parker Poem for Subway Posters Letter
Voting closed today for the poem to put into New York City subways. Below is the letter the Dorothy Parker Society sent today to the Poetry Society of America, which chooses the poems for the MTA. Thanks to the 953 people who voted! June 1, 2012 Alice Quinn The Poetry Society of America 15 Gramercy…
Voting Begins for Subway Poem
The campaign to add Dorothy Parker to the Poetry in Motion program had a successful kickoff event on Monday at the New York Distilling Company, home to Dorothy Parker American Gin. On the final day of National Poetry Month, more than a dozen were on hand to help get a Parker poem into the subway…
Subway Ride With Dorothy Parker: Launch Event April 30 in Brooklyn
April has been designated National Poetry Month in the United States by the Academy of American Poets and the Dorothy Parker Society is going to participate. We are hosting a unique event on April 30 in Brooklyn that is right in line with what has been the mission of the DPS since it was founded…
Watch the Video Contest Entries
In August, we included a link to a charming YouTube video by a young Dorothy Parker fan reading a couple of poems. It was very popular, but one former member didn’t like it very much. So this gave us the idea to ask Dorothy Parker fans to create their own YouTube videos of their favorite…