The degree of separation between Dorothy Parker and the president of France is 1. That would be Carla Bruni. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, took Bruni on a trip to Egypt over the Christmas holiday, stepping out into headlines with the stunning French-Italian supermodel/singer. Sarkozy recently announced he and his wife split up. With Bruni…
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New Parker Book Coming in 2008
In exclusive Dorothy Parker Society news, Penguin Classics will be bringing out a new Parker book in May 2008. It is The Ladies of the Corridor, a play she wrote in 1953 in collaboration with Arnaud D’Usseau. The book has not been available in more than 50 years, and Penguin Classics is bringing it out…
Magazine with Parker Tie is Shuttered
A magazine that folded today was among the many that published Dorothy Parker’s work. In a story that was broken on Media Bistro’s blog, FishbowlNY, Condé Nast announced today that House and Garden would cease publication in both print and online. Others launched the magazine in 1901; according to the Chronology of New York by…
Oct. 20 Walking Tour Canceled
The Algonquin Round Table walking tour that was scheduled for Oct. 20 has been canceled. If you paid in advance for the walk, you will be refunded in full. The next walk will be announced here and in the e-newsletter. www.dorothyparker.com
Adopted Cat Taking it Easy in NJ
In August at the birthday party for Matilda at the Algonquin Hotel, Jordan and Kim adopted a rescue cat. The two members of the Dorothy Parker Society took part in a unique event during the media circus, where the North Shore Animal League set up an adoption station. The couple from New Jersey adopted an…
Stephen King on Dorothy Parker
Stephen King has a beautiful essay in The Times today, titled “What Ails the Short Story” and he makes a reference to Dorothy Parker: “And this kind of reading isn’t real reading, the kind where you just can’t wait to find out what happens next (think “Youth,” by Joseph Conrad, or “Big Blonde,” by Dorothy…