Dorothy Parker Society

Spread the news, Dorothy Parker is back on cinema screens around the world. What does Dottie have to do with the No. 1 movie in the country? How is she linked to Keanu Reeves? If you see The Matrix — the sci-fi thriller that is blowing up box offices — Parker fans are smiling. When…

I updated the Parker Links Page, it seems a few of the Parker pages died out. Does anyone know of any new Dottie sites? I am hoping A&E; will make one for their new movie, Dash and Lilly. www.dorothyparker.com

I was going to a Mets game with Linn and Brooke, and I was in the neighborhood of The Volney apartments. This is where Dorothy lived for the last years of her life, and where she died in 1967. It was a beautiful spring day, so as the weather gets better I will be adding…

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…

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…

Thanks to Yahoo! for including the Dot City link. Finally, it took four months, but it now appears! www.dorothyparker.com

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…

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,…

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…

A used book vendor on Columbus and W. 68th Street was where I found the excellent book “21” about the famous bar/restaurant, The “21” Club. There is photo of Dottie and husband Alan Campbell together that I’ve never come across before. The book is helpful in my current research into Parker’s watering holes. I’m compiling…