Dorothy Parker
Birth date: August 22, 1893
Died: June 07, 1967
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An anthology of 22 short comedic pieces, I picked this up on impulse at a UBS, because I'd never read any of the authors before (correction: I've read Wodehouse) and there were more than a couple names here that I'd often felt like I should have read, but hadn't; I was afraid they'd be weighty and, ...
I am convinced Dorothy Parker is my spirit animal. She’s dark and witty and sarcastic and cruel and I loved every second of it. I had a long talk with my professor one day about several of these stories and how beautifully bitter they are, and the extent to which Parker was criticizing the role of w...
The Audio version of "The Telephone Call" just had me in tears. It was the last story and after hours of snappish and witty fun, BAM, there is this story that I can so relate to told in a voice that sounds so much like mine, lost, in pain, desperate. My God, the best short ever written...at least fo...
IntroductionSuggestions for Further ReadingChronologyA Note on the TextEnough Rope (1926)--Threnody--The Small Hours--The False Friends--The Trifler--A Very Short Song--A Well-Worn Story--Convalescent--The Dark Girl's Rhyme--Epitaph--Light of Love--Wail--The Satin Dress--Somebody's Song--Anecdote--B...
Parker's acerbic stories, poems and criticism are collected here with all the power of an untamable progressive voice grating against patriarchy, directly and indirectly. I found her legendary reviews a fascinating historical document. Zadie Smith, in her laudatory essay on Katherine Hepburn, quotes...
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