Designer Chip Kidd is perhaps the biggest name in book jacket design. He has created iconic covers for scores of bestsellers. Last weekend, The Washington Post asked him what his favorite jackets were from 2006, and he named the Penguin Classics Deluxe editions as among his picks. He singled out Seth and his Portable Dorothy…
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Dottie in New Dog Book
Through the Interweb, I learned that Mrs. Parker and one of her furry friends is included in this book. I am happy that she makes it in here with Marilyn Monroe and Madonna. If anyone has the book and can tell us which photo (and dog), that would be nice. I believe it’s the photo…
Book Talk with Marion Meade
Just announced: Wednesday, April 5, 6:30pm at the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction (17 East 47th Street). “Marion Meade on Dorothy Parker” Join us as Marion Meade speaks on the infamous Dorothy Parker. Published March 28 is The Portable Dorothy Parker, edited by and with an introduction by Marion Meade. This is the second revision…
Interviews and Stories Added About New Book
We’re having the party on the 28th to celebrate the release of “The Portable Dorothy Parker.” Today I added interviews I did with Marion Meade, who edited the book and wrote the introduction, and Seth, who is the cartoonist who drew the cover and the jacket design. In the Meade interview, she says, “I took…
Book Out Today
“The Book” is out today. A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York is published by Roaring Forties Press of Berkeley, CA. It was a lot of fun to write for me, and such a pleasure to see come out. It is now in stores, I have personally seen it for sale in every Barnes &…
The Biography Dottie Never Wrote
Dorothy Parker in her Own Words By Barry Day Hardcover: 202 pages Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing; 1st edition (July, 2004) [Order Via Amazon] Barry Day’s new book Dorothy Parker in her Own Words is a biography that uses her original material to tell the story of her life. He talks about his book and Mrs….