Parkerfest is Here

Mark your calendars: Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, is Parkerfest in the Big Apple. The Dorothy Parker Society of New York is organizing events to coincide with Parker's birthday on Aug. 22. At least three big events are on tap. First, things kick off with a walking tour of many of the locales in Dot City, starting on the Upper West Side. Immediately following is a special evening show of the wonderful Off-Off Broadway play Laughter and Hope and a Sock in the Eye. This is the show (wonderfully staged by Christine Hahn and Susanna Hobrath) that played in April to rave reviews. The show is at 8 p.m. Wrapping up the day will be a Speakeasy Tour for those Parker aficionados over age 21. We will be making the rounds of several saloons to toast Mrs. Parker and her legacy. Details to follow soon. If you want to pre-register, drop me a line.

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on Wednesday, July 21, 1999 at 4:07 PM | Permalink

New Parker Book in the UK

Now available in the U.K. is The Uncollected Dorothy Parker. See the June 14 news item about this great book. A must for all Parker fans.

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on Tuesday, July 20, 1999 at 8:11 PM | Permalink

Stuart Y. Silverstein Interview

Great new content! Our first author interview, with Stuart Y. Silverstein, author of Not Much Fun, The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker, which presented for the first time more than 120 poems not found in other Parker collections. Silverstein answers questions about Parker's place in American literature, as well as the Round Table and her contribution to modern colloquial language.

Read the interview here.

We also launch a new page about The New Yorker, see the birthplace of the magazine, Harold Ross' house in Hell's Kitchen.

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on at 7:00 AM | Permalink