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….
Tag: New Jersey
NAACP Backs Jersey Girl Dorothy Parker for Hall of Fame
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…
Book Launch Parties, Signings, Events for Under the Table
Here are dates for launch events tied to Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide for author Kevin Fitzpatrick. The full details are posted here on Goodreads. 10/26 Party, Flute Midtown, New York 11/5, Launch Party, Algonquin Hotel, New York 11/9, Party & Book Signing, Doc Holliday’s, New York 11/19, Launch Party, The Shanty,…
Joyce Carol Oates Beats Dorothy Parker Out of NJ Hall of Fame
On February 10, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced the 11 new members of the state hall of fame and once again Dorothy Parker was passed over. The class of 2012 nominees had Parker running in the “general” category among nine others. Author Joyce Carol Oates, winner of the National Book Award and two O….
Dorothy Parker Nominated for New Jersey Hall of Fame
The Garden State has nominated Dorothy Parker for the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Now it is up to you, the voting public, to cast your ballot here. Please vote today. Here are the reasons for electing Mrs. Parker to this august body, joining notables such as Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Walt Whitman and Thomas…
Dorothy Parker Day Returns to Long Branch Oct. 2
LONG BRANCH — To call her a “humorist” and a “wit” doesn’t even begin to capture the essence of Dorothy Parker — and to think of her as the quintessential New Yorker only reminds us that she was a daughter of Long Branch; born 118 years ago in a West End summer cottage. One of…