{"product_id":"the-portable-dorothy-parker-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"The Portable Dorothy Parker: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarion Meade\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eSeth\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers will 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. At the heart of her serious work lie her political writings dealing with race, labor, and international politics. \"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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations (\"Writers at Work\") conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Features an introduction by Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist Seth, creator of the comic series \u003ci\u003ePalooka-ville\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Parker\u003c\/b\u003e was born in West End, New Jersey, in 1893 and grew up in New York, attending a Catholic convent school and Miss Dana's School in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1916 she sold some of her poetry to the editor of \u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e, and was subsequently given an editorial position on the magazine, writing captions for fashion photographs and drawings. She then became drama critic of \u003cb\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e and the central figure of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous for her spoken wit, she showed the same trenchant commentary in her book reviews for \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEsquire\u003c\/b\u003e and in her poems and sketches. Her collection of poems included \u003cb\u003eNot So Deep as a Well and Enough Rope\u003c\/b\u003e, which became a bestseller; and her collections of stories included \u003cb\u003eHere Lies\u003c\/b\u003e. She also collaborated with Elmer Rice on a play, \u003cb\u003eClose Harmony\u003c\/b\u003e and with Arnaud d'Usseau on the play the \u003cb\u003eLadies of the Corridor\u003c\/b\u003e. She herself had two Broadway plays written about her and was portrayed as a character in a third. Her cynicism and the concentration of her judgements were famous and she has been closely associated with modern urbane humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first husband was Edwin Pond Parker II, and although they were divorced some years later, she continued to use his name, which she much preferred to her own of Rothschild. Her second husband was an actor-writer Alan Campbell. They went to Hollywood as a writing team and went through a tempestuous marriage until his death in 1963, when Dorothy Parker returned to New York. She died in 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarion Meade is the author of \u003cb\u003eDorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeth is an illustrator whose work has been featured in such publications as the \u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDetails\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSpin\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e. He is best known for his continuing comic book series \u003cb\u003ePalooka-Ville\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.71 x 8.6 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253129470054,"sku":"9780143039532","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S08vejN0U3VCV1pmZURkd0Q4RzZRdz09.webp?v=1773582628","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-portable-dorothy-parker-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}