Are Dorothy Parker fans also Thomas Wolfe fans? We think some are. We got a note from Mark A. Moore of the North Carolina Division of Archives & History, and he works on the Wolfe web site in Asheville. It is among the best literary sites I’ve ever visited, and you should too. He has…
Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman TV Movie
Courtney from Wellesley dropped us a line to say that Dash and Lilly, the A&E; cable movie about Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman, will FINALLY air on May 31. I have been seeking info on the broadcast for months. Bebe Neuwirth is playing Dorothy Parker, as reported here in January. I saw her in Chicago…
First Search Engine Result
Thanks to Yahoo! for including the Dot City link. Finally, it took four months, but it now appears! www.dorothyparker.com
Irish prose, poetry and music at Gonk
News from The Algonquin Hotel: two evenings you won’t want to miss. First, on March 15 in the Oak Room is an all-Irish invocation of the Round Table in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes), Edna O’Brien and Colum McCann are presenting Irish prose, poetry and music. On March 29, Nat Benchley…
Just a Little One to be Performed
It looks like there is a Parker show coming to town soon for three nights only. Dorothy Parker: Just a Little One will be at the Producer’s Club Theatre, 358 W 44th St, (Between 8th and 9th Aves), New York, NY 10036, (212) 315-4743, March 15 through 17 (at 7 p.m.). Written by Kelly Ellenwood,…
Real Audio samples of Dottie
There are 20 new Parker audio clips on the Dot Audio page. Some of the all-time favorites now included here are Coda, Bohemia, They Part, Tombstones in the Starlight, The False Friends and Partial Comfort. It was a lot of fun to add these Real Audio samples of Dottie reading her work. As far as…