Press Release Day, this was sent in about Monday, 7/31 talk and show… Reliving The Round Table: Cocktails and Culture at the Historic Algonquin Hotel. Ginny Reddington and Tom Dawes, authors of The Talk of the Town. Former Madison Avenue jingle writers Redington and Dawes describe their adventures in writing Talk of the Town, an…
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Tour Dorothy Parker’s House on July 22
Dorothy Parker only had one retreat during her writing career, a beautiful old stone farmhouse in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Now her former home is for sale, and will be the scene for a one-day open house and tour, sponsored by the Dorothy Parker Society. A small reception will be held at the twenty-acre estate in…
New Shirt Designs Debut
Summer is here, what will you be wearing? A new Dorothy Parker Tee! Have you visited the t-shirt selection yet? We have added some new designs, including new black and colorful shirts. The online store has many types of t-shirts, along with a messenger bag and some other items. Dottie would love you to wear…
Radio Story Airs Update on Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
As we learned in a Baltimore Sun article last month, the future of Dorothy Parker and her Memorial Garden is in doubt. What happens if the NAACP leaves Baltimore? Today, National Public Radio aired a short feature story on this matter. Weekend Edition — Saturday, June 17, 2006 — The remains of writer Dorothy Parker…
Will Copyright Case Ever End?
I called it the “Dorothy Parker Book Battle” and it never looks like it will end. I just posted an update to the proceeding between Stuart Silverstein vs. Penguin Books over “Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker” (Silverstein’s book) and Penguin’s book “Dorothy Parker Complete Poems” which used the material from his…
June 9 Upper West Side Talk
News from the Upper West Side. West Side YMCA: The Writer’s Voice Visiting Author Series Presents:Marion Meade, Editor, The Portable Dorothy Parker& Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, president of the Dorothy Parker Society and author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York Friday, June 9, 20068:00 PMDiscussion/Q & A/PanelWest Side YMCA– The George Washington Lounge5 West…