I wanted to write about Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table today, because the Brooklyn Book Festival is on Sunday. I’ll be there talking about my new book at Booth 158 with Jamie Brenner. While Dorothy Parker never had a love nest in Brooklyn, or tried to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, there are five…
Under the Table to be Previewed at Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival on September 22, 2013, will have author Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, president of the Dorothy Parker Society, at Booth # 158 talking about his upcoming book from Lyons Press, Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide. Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide, was announced May 31 during Book Expo…
1 Week Until Brooklyn Book Festival
As we previously announced, the Dorothy Parker Society will be at Brooklyn Book Festival 2013, at Booth #158 with author Jamie Brenner. It is Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 AM to 6 PM. There will be giveaways, raffles, and books for sale. Come on out to Borough Hall in Brooklyn. There will be more than 40,000…
Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours Sept. 28, Oct. 26
There will be two Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours, on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 26. The Algonquin Round Table comes alive in the only New York walking tour devoted to the famed literary group. The 2-hour walk celebrates Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Harpo Marx, Edna Ferber, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood…
Brooklyn Book Festival Booth for 1920s Fans
The Dorothy Parker Society will have a booth at the annual Brooklyn Book Festival and will be having a day of book signings, raffles, and giveaways. Come to Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn NY 11201, on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 10 AM to 6 PM. Our booth is #158. The Brooklyn…
Remember 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Reading biographies of Dorothy Parker, you’ll see why she left her estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, a man she never met. By some accounts, Dr. King, when informed he had been named the beneficiary in her will in 1967, had no idea who Dorothy Parker was. However, a careful reading of Dorothy Parker’s life…