Announcing a night to salute Dorothy Parker in her old neighborhood, the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Come out on Monday, February 15, 7pm, to Barnes & Noble, 150 E. 86th Street, for the “Writers on Writers” series. The “Dorothy Parker Post-Valentine Recovery Night” will feature brief talks about Parker by Marion Meade (editor of…
Wit’s End Kicks Off 2010 Vintage Party Season
Wit’s End is the hottest vintage party in New York, and the Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to be a small part of the 2010 activities that are planned. Wit’s End was launchd by Diane Naegel and Don Spiro, a couple who have made vintage their own personal style. Diane is a designer and the…
2010 Walking Tour Schedule Posted
Did you ever want to know exactly where Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley worked? Wanted to walk in the footsteps of George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly? Well try the Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour. The 2010 schedule is posted now. The first walk is Saturday, Jan. 30, and each walk is on the last…
Tallulah and Dottie
It has been awhile since we tapped the YouTube vault for a Dorothy Parker video. This gem is actually a radio broadcast by one of Mrs. Parker’s associates, Tallulah Bankhead. She rolls through “The Waltz” in a radio performance from NBC’s The Big Show, January 7th 1951. At least Mrs. Parker was around to enjoy…
A Conversation with Stuart Y. Silverstein
No collection of Dorothy Parker books is complete without owning Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker, which first came out in 1996. Published by Scribner to much acclaim, it presented for the first time more than 100 poems and bits of verse that Mrs. Parker did not collect in her lifetime. Due…
New Dorothy Parker Book & Author Talks
Scribner recently published a new edition of Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker. This is exciting because it is an updated version of the 1996 book. Editor/Compiler Stuart Y. Silverstein gave the DPS an exclusive new interview about the book, and he will be in New York City in January to talk…