Description
Despite her prolific output, ageless writer and wit Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) never penned an autobiography (although if she had, she said that it would have been titled Mongrel). Combing through her stories, poems, articles, reviews, correspondence, and even her rare journalism and song lyrics, editor Barry Day has selected and arranged passages that describe her life and its preoccupations-urban living, the theater and cinema, the battle of the sexes, and death by dissipation. Best known for her scathing pieces for the New Yorker and her membership in the Algonquin Round Table ("The greatest collection of unsaleable wit in America."), Parker filled her work with a unique mix of fearlessness, melancholy, savvy, and hope. In Dorothy Parker, the irrepressible writer addresses: her early career writing for magazines; her championing of social causes such as integration; and the obsession with suicide that became another drama ("Scratch an actor...and you'll find an actress."), literature ("This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.") and much more.
Author: Barry Day
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 03/31/2004
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9781589790711
ISBN10: 1589790715
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
Author: Barry Day
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 03/31/2004
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9781589790711
ISBN10: 1589790715
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
About the Author
Barry Day is the editor of P.G. Wodehouse: In His Own Words and Sherlock Holmes: In His Own Words. He lives in New York City and Palm Beach, Florida.