Is it the fall weather? There are three prime Dorothy Parker productions going up in the next six weeks in the Big Apple, the Sun Belt, and the Blue Grass State. Parker No. 1: The first production will find Dottie fans on a trek to the mega-cool, lets-get-pierced-and-drink-cheap Lower East Side of Manhattan. Every couple…
List Lovers
We got a wonderful message to the Web site this week from Melanie Rigney, editor of Writer’s Digest magazine. It looks like another Millenium list is coming out, and Dorothy Parker is on it. Hopefully, she cracked the Top Ten! Ms. Rigney writes: “Writer’s Digest in its November issue will list the 100 Best Writers…
Don’t Miss Magazine
What do Dorothy Parker and Ben Affleck have in common? They are both sharing the cover of the October 1999 Vanity Fair. Dottie is the subject of an excellent story by Christopher Hitchens which delves into one side of Mrs. Parker that the casual fan may not be aware of: her deep belief in civil…
Auction Action
The savvy Dothead knows that online auctions are a great place to track down rare books and collectibles. Prowling through Ebay and Amazon.com auctions, who knows what rare First Editions of Sunset Gun will pop up? This past week saw the auction of a reputed “Dorothy Parker autograph” from 1951 on Chateau Marmont letterhead. Bids…
More Parkerfest Photos Online
There are some new photos online from Parkerfest. Many people have asked if we are going to make the event an annual affair. It looks like we will, the response has been very good… www.dorothyparker.com
Hollywood Is Here
We used Labor Day to labor on the site. Now visit the Hollywood Pages with some of Dorothy Parker’s former residences and hangouts. This is supposed to be a New York site, but I could not pass up the great photos sent in by Kurt VanderSluis from L.A. Really cool to have more new locales…