If you have not made up your mind if you want to attend our next big Dorothy Parker Society party, just read who will be attending. We have 4 fantastic actors who will be at the splashy party on May 14 to celebrate The Ladies of the Corridor coming back to bookstores. The party is…
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New Parker Book Out April 29, Launch Party May 14
One of Dorothy Parker’s most overlooked pieces of writing is coming back to print on April 29. The Ladies of the Corridor is a 1953 Broadway drama she co-wrote with Arnaud d’Usseau, a Hollywood and Broadway veteran. Today we launched new section of the web site with information about the book and play:* An overview…
Feb. 26th Bookshop Reading & Signing
The Mysterious Bookshop is the place to be on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 for a reading and party to celebrate the publication of The Vicious Circle (Pegasus Books), a collection of crime and mystery stories written by members of the Algonquin Round Table and their friends. The editor of the book is Otto Penzler,…
Photos posted from October events
Dorothy Parker events in October were a lot of fun to attend. Yesterday was a nice turnout at the Bowery Poetry Club for the Parker lecture that was part of the Poets in NY series put on by Rattapallax (special thanks to Publisher Ram Devineni for the fine job). Earlier this month, we had a…
Dorothy Parker Talk at Bowery Poetry Club Oct. 28
Without Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table, would there be a New Yorker magazine in 2007? On Sunday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m. is a talk and discussion titled “Dorothy Parker and the Birth of the New Yorker” given by Kevin Fitzpatrick, author of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York. The talk is…
Parker Show in North Carolina
Actress-Playwright RoseLynn Katz will perform a one-woman show on November 3 in Asheville, North Carolina. The show is entitled The Devil Touched My Tongue: The World and Wit of Dorothy Parker, and is based on Parker’s work. It will be shown at 35 Below. The production is directed by Bernie Hauserman. Tickets are $15.00 and…