My favorite part about running a Dorothy Parker web site? Connecting with people with some tangible link to Mrs. Parker. Some have been her great-nieces, various writers, assorted researchers, or such as today’s dispatch, from Ms. Lorraine Gibson. Her grandfather, the late Warren Dixon, was a chef to the stars during the Depression. Lorraine sent…
Dutch Treat
Dorothy Parker has fans all over the world, as evidenced by the traffic to the site from more than 40 countries. We recently were named a site of the week (I think) by a newspaper in the Netherlands called Leeuwarder-Courant. I can’t be positive because this isn’t in English. But I think this is Dutch….
Parker on Radio
Do you remember that catchy tune from 1995, “I Kissed A Girl” recorded by Jill Sobule? It was kind of a modest hit, and propelled by its bisexual elements. I actually met her in 1994 or ’95 when I was a producer at FX, the FOX cable station (when it used to have a music…
Parkerfest 2000 Date is Set
The Dorothy Parker Society of New York has announced the dates for Parkerfest 2000. This is our second annual event. Mark your Palm Pilots for Aug. 4-5, 2000, in Manhattan (of course). More information will be available as the weeks go by. Until then, see the Parkerfest 2000 information page and take the survey; we…
Polly’s in the House; In Print, Again
The infamous madam Polly Adler is now online with DOT CITY. She was a friend of Dorothy Parker’s, and ran a brothel for 25 years. See her page here. April 16 is the date of what would be Polly’s 100th birthday. So do something sinful this weekend… Just got word that the May issue of…
Autograph Action Sets Record
Online auction fever is driving up the price of signed first editions. This isn’t news. But the record-breaking price for a signed Dorothy Parker first edition on Ebay was set this month. On March 14, an Oklahoma collector auctioned off a signed edition of Parker’s 1936 greatest hits package Not So Deep As A Well…