Today in the United States it is Martin Luther King Day, of course Dorothy Parker left her estate to him. This morning I created a little social media image, drawing on a line from a March 1921 review that appeared in Ainslee’s. Not long afterwards, I got an IM from someone, saying they “never heard…
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Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, Released This Month
The press release goes out today, so now my secret project for the last five years can finally be announced: Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923. I think anyone who is a fan of Dorothy Parker will enjoy this news. The book comes out 5-14-14 and is available now via iUniverse. It will be in all…
Dorothy Parker Tour – Expedia Travels
Written for Expedia Travels Magazine, November 2000 By James A. Martin, ©2001 James A. Martin NEW YORK — The woman who coined the phrases “what the hell,” “one-night stand,” and “ball of fire” is now the focus of a Manhattan tour that begins on the Web and ends, if you time it right, in a…