London Observer Writer Covers Parkerfest

Not sure why it took ten months, but a reporter who attended Parkerfest 2004 has written an article about it. He says:

I was still frightened by the whole 'fan' thing. I collected her first editions, had flown across the Atlantic just to be at the party and, well, tried to buy her dress, but I was not obsessive, obviously. How would I deal with the über-fan, who knew more about her underwear habits than was strictly healthy? You had to approach these people warily.

Read the story here.

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on Sunday, July 24, 2005 at 8:21 AM | Permalink | Comments

New Officers Announced

At our June 7 party, we had some new blood come into the Parker Society. New "officers" were named at our cocktail party at the Algonquin Hotel.

Officers for 2005-2006:
Kevin Fitzpatrick, President
Melissa Evantash, Vice President
Kristin McMahon, West Coast President
Kara Bernatowicz, Secretary
Chrissie Fitzpatrick, Treasurer
Laurie Kahn, Nyack Chapter President
David Cowen, Connecticut Chapter President
Tom Grant, VP Mormon Relations
Jayne Paris, VP Patron of the Arts
Charlotte Phillips, Secretary of Poetry
Jessica Reed, VP of Bookish Matters
Mordechai Shinefield, VP of Parkeresque Writing
Karen Sharkey, Resident Muse
Betsy Spigelman, VP of Small Misfortunes
Anna Springer, EVP
Nora Watson, EVP of Debt
Barbara Weider, Utah Chapter President

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 at 10:11 AM | Permalink | Comments

Press for Parker

The Dorothy Parker Society's recent trip to The Algonquin has been written up in the new issue of THE L MAGAZINE:

Myths, though, are probably better judged by their endurance than their accuracy. And certainly these two have proven durable enough. It was in the spirit of the second, more sociable pole, then, that a group gathered recently at the bar of the Algonquin Hotel to honor that most iconic member of New York’s literary in-crowd, Dorothy Parker.

Thanks to Adam Bonislawski for the nice plug!

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on at 10:08 AM | Permalink | Comments