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The St. Patrick’s Day Poem

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, let’s remember the crossover Ireland-New York poem Dorothy Parker wrote for March 17. This was written 96 years ago when Dorothy was 28 years old and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. This gem, published March 16, 1922, in the old Life, came out when Dorothy…

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Hemingway and Parker Lost Book Review

Posted on January 17, 2017January 28, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

In 1940 Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker had known each other socially for perhaps fifteen years. The two writers had crossed to France on an ocean liner with friends. Two of Hemingway’s pals, Robert Benchley and Donald Ogden Stewart, were Algonquin Round Table core members. The beloved expatriate couple Gerald and Sara Murphy had both…

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ziegfeld follies

Dorothy Parker Reviews the Ziegfeld Follies

Posted on November 21, 2016January 26, 2018 by admin

On Saturday I debuted my W.C. Fields History Walking Tour as part of Fields Fest, a 6-week celebration of the life of the great comedian. Dorothy Parker was a huge fan of Fields. In my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I was really happy to be able to include a…

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Dawn Powell and Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker-Dawn Powell Walking Tour June 26

Posted on May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Celebrate two of New York’s greatest fiction writers on a walking tour to trace their footsteps in the neighborhoods they made famous: Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell. See their homes and haunts on a walk that begins at the landmark Algonquin Hotel and ends in Greenwich Village. The tour starts at Noon on Sunday, June…

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The Portable Dorothy Parker (cover by Seth), 2006, Penguin Classics.

Book Club Titles From Seattle Chapter

Posted on April 13, 2015April 12, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Kristin Clark, president of the Seattle Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society, has been running a book club since 2013. The group meets the first Sunday of the month at the landmark Hotel Sorrento. She sent us her list of books the group has read, or will be reading. These are worth reading for any…

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April is Algonquin Round Table Month at the New York Public Library

Posted on March 8, 2015April 28, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

We are really pleased to announce the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch is going to be celebrating the Algonquin Round Table in April during its popular Story Time for Grown-Ups series. The location is 455 Fifth Avenue, corner of 40th Street. Love a good story? Sit back and relax as we read you a…

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Launch Party for the Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide

Posted on January 7, 2015May 11, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The launch party for The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin Fitzpatrick, was held at the Algonquin Hotel. There were many VIP guests, the descendants of the Vicious Circle: the great-nieces of Dorothy Parker, the grand-daughter of Murdock Pemberton, the nephew of Arthur Sullivan, the grandson of Deems Taylor, and the…

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Rare 1952 Algonquin Hotel Radio Show Uncovered

Posted on November 10, 2014May 3, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

While researching my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I uncovered a lost 1952 radio show recorded inside the Algonquin Hotel, The Tex and Jinx Show. Among the guests are owner Ben Bodne, Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and screenwriter-author Anita Loos. It’s an amazing time capsule of the hotel, at…

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Great American Poets Day in the Catskills Celebrates Parker

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

It’s Dorothy Parker Day in the Catskill Mountains! Come out to Bright Hill Press & Literary Center. It’s in Treadwell, a hamlet located within the town of Franklin in Delaware County, New York. Saturday, August 23, 12-5:30 PM Bright Hill Literary Center 94 Church St. Treadwell, NY 13846 Bright Hill’s Second Great American Poets Day…

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Birthday Present: Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway

Posted on August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

This Friday is Dorothy Parker’s birthday, and the Dorothy Parker Society is having parties in New York and the Catskills to celebrate. But a recent review of the new book Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, makes me want to recommend it as a birthday present from Dottie to you. Los Angeles playwright Steven Vlasak wrote:…

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