Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
LONG BRANCH — She was a media celebrity, decades before they invented the phrase. A hard-partying rehab veteran, back when such things were kept strictly confidential. A crusader for civil rights, in an age when that was considered career suicide. An Oscar nominated screenwriter, back when a serious author simply didn’t socialize with THOSE people….
The Dorothy Parker Society has been lobbying to get Mrs. Parker inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for years. Now Mrs. Parker’s literary executors and estate, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, are backing the cause. In a statement released on June 12, the NAACP called on everyone to vote…