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The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)by Dorothy Parker
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors.
For this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers can be sure to find their favorite verse and stories. But a variety of fresh material has also been added to create a fuller, more authentic picture of her life's work. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture," along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. Two of these pieces concern home decorating, a subject not usually associated with Mrs. Parker. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings — racial, labor, international — and so "Soldiers of the Republic" is joined by reprints of "Not Enough" and "Sophisticated Poetry — And the Hell With It," both of which first appeared in New Masses. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. The introduction of two new sections is intended to provide the richest possible sense of Parker herself. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with the Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies. "Letters: 1905-1962," which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored," presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe. Features an introduction from Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist Seth, creator of the comic series Palooka-ville. Review:"The great Parker gets the red-carpet treatment as her Portable is bumped up to a 'Deluxe Edition' (go, Dottie!)....This beautifully executed edition does her justice." Library Journal
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The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. For this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers can be sure to find their favorite verse and stories. But a variety of fresh material has also been added to create a fuller, more authentic picture of her life's work. There are some stories new to the Portable, "Such a Pretty Little Picture," along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as Vogue, McCall's, House and Garden, and New Masses. Two of these pieces concern home decorating, a subject not usually associated with Mrs. Parker. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings-racial, labor, international-and so "Soldiers of the Republic" is joined by reprints of "Not Enough" and "Sophisticated Poetry-And the Hell With It," both of which first appeared in New Masses. "A Dorothy Parker Sampler" blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down. The introduction of two new sections is intended to provide the richest possible sense of Parker herself. "Self-Portrait" reprints an interview she did in 1956 with The Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations ("Writers at Work") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies. "Letters: 1905-1962," which might be subtitled "Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored," presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe.
Synopsis:The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth centurys most quotable authors.
About the AuthorDorothy Parker (1893-1967) is a literary legend famed for her poetry, short stories, criticism, screenplays, and dramas. She was a founding writer of the New Yorker in 1925 and a key member of the New York literary circle, the Algonquin Round Table. During the Twenties, when she won acclaim for her humorous verse and prize-winning short stories such as "Big Blonde," she became known as the wittiest woman in America. At various times in her life she also wrote for Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Esquire. Not so well known are her political beliefs: she helped unionize Hollywood screenwriters, joined the Communist Party, and worked on behalf of various left-wing causes. In the 1950s, she was blacklisted in Hollywood. Her estate was bequeathed to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She is buried in Baltimore, at the headquarters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which became her literary executor following Dr. King's assassination. Today, four decades after her death, Dorothy Parker remains one of the most quoted writers in the world.
Marion Meade is the author of Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? and Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties. She has also written biographies of Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Victoria Woodhull, and Madame Blavatsky, as well as two novels about medieval France. Seth is an illustrator whose work has been featured in such publications as the Washington Post, Details, Spin, and the New York Times. He is best known for his continuing comic-book series Palooka-Ville. Table of ContentsThe Portable Dorothy Parker Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading Part One: The Original Portable as Arranged by Dorothy Parker in1944 The Lovely Leave Arrangement in Black and White The Sexes The Standard of Living Mr. Durant The Waltz The Wonderful Old Gentleman Song of the Shirt, 1941 Enough Rope (Poems) A Telephone Call Here We Are Dusk before Fireworks You Were Perfectly Fine Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street Soldiers of the Republic Too Bad The Last Tea Big Blonde Sunset Gun (Poems) Just A Little One Lady with a Lamp The Little Hours Horsie Glory in the Daytime New York to Detroit Death and Taxes (Poems) The Custard Heart From the Diary of a New York Lady Cousin Larry Little Curtis Sentiment Clothe the Naked War Song (Poem) Part Two: Other Writings Such a Pretty Little Picture, Smart Set, December 1922 Advice to the Little Peyton Girl, Harper's Bazaar, February 1933 The Game, Cosmopolitan, December 1948 The Banquet of Crow, The New Yorker, December 14, 1957 The Bolt Behind the Blue, Esquire, December 1958 Interior Desecration, Vogue, April 15, 1917 Week's End, (New York) Life, July 21, 1927 My Home Town, McCall's, January 1928 Not Enough, New Masses, March 14, 1939 Destructive Decoration, House and Garden, November 1942 From Vanity Fair, 1918-1919 Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde Redemption by Leo Tolstoi Dear Brutus by J. M. Barrie From Ainslee's (In Broadway Playhouses), 1921 The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 From The New Yorker (Substituting for Robert Benchley), 1931 The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier Give Me Yesterday by A. A. Milne The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie From The New Yorker (Constant Reader), 1927-1931 The President's Daughter by Nan Britton Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway Happiness by William Lyon Phelps A President Is Born by Fannie Hurst; Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington Literary Rotarians Appendicitis by Thew Wright, M.D.; Art of the Night by George Jean Nathan The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne Round Up by Ring Lardner Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts, compiled by Charles Noel Douglas The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett Dawn by Theodore Dreiser The Grandmother of the Aunt of the Gardener From The New York Times Book Review, 1957 The Road to Miltown, Or Under the Spreading Atrophy by S. J. Perelman From Esqure, 1958-1959 The American Earthquake by Edmund Wilson; The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac; Ice Palace by Edna Ferber Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote; The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike The Years With Ross by James Thurber Part Three: A Dorothy Parker Sampler Any Porch, Vanity Fair, September 15, 1915 Sorry, the Line Is Busy, Life, April 21, 1921 In the Throes, (New York) Life, September 16, 1924 For R.C.B., The New Yorker, January 7, 1928 Untitled Birthday Lament, c. 1927 The Garter, The New Yorker, September 8, 1928 Sophisticated Poetry—and the Hell With It, New Masses, June 27, 1939 Introduction: The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments, by James Thurber, 1932 The Function of the Writer, Address, Esquire Magazine Symposium, October 1958 (extract) New York at 6:30 P.M., Esquire, November 1964 Self-Portrait from The Paris Review, "Writers at Work," 1956 Letters 1905-1962 To Henry Rothschild, 1905 To Henry Rothschild, 1905 To Harold Ross, 1927 To Harold Ross, no date To Seward Collins, 1927 To Helen Rothschild Droste, 1929 To Robert Charles Benchley, 1929 To Sara and Gerald Murphy, 1934 To F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934 To Alexander Woolcott, 1935 To Harold Guinzburg, 1935 To Helen Rothschild Grimwood, c. 1939 To Malcolm Cowley, 1958 To Morton Zabel, 1958 To John Patrick, 1962 Index What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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