Parker, Dorothy 1893-1967

The portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
42 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in 8 languages and held by 2,566 libraries worldwide
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. 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. 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. "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.

Laments for the living by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
55 editions published between 1930 and 1997 in 4 languages and held by 1,422 libraries worldwide
In these 24 short stories, Parker blends irony and humor on topics ranging from the battle of the sexes to love affairs and family feuds.

Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
25 editions published between 1944 and 2004 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,231 libraries worldwide
Collection of poems and stories.

The collected stories of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
11 editions published between 1939 and 1942 in English and held by 1,166 libraries worldwide

The collected poetry of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
10 editions published between 1926 and 1959 in English and held by 1,152 libraries worldwide

Complete stories by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
7 editions published between 1995 and 2003 in English and held by 1,127 libraries worldwide
Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have become part of the American literary landscape, but, as this collection of her complete short stories demonstrates, Parker's talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

Candide; a comic operetta based on Voltaire's satire by Leonard Bernstein ( Recording )
29 editions published between 1955 and 2006 in English and held by 1,083 libraries worldwide
Adaptation of Voltaire's fable about a young man whose simplicity and optimism drop him into one disaster after another.

Constant Reader by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
8 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 1,029 libraries worldwide
A selection of articles originally published in the New Yorker, 1927- 1933.

A star is born ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1991 and 1999 in English and held by 961 libraries worldwide
Drunken waning movie star Norman Maine meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he literally stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops which blossoms into romance but tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's plummets.

Not much fun : the lost poems of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker ( Book )
6 editions published between 1996 and 2009 in English and held by 795 libraries worldwide
Dorothy Parker wrote more than three hundred poems and verses for a variety of popular magazines and newspapers during the early years of her literary career. She collected most of these pieces in three volumes of poetry, Enough Rope, Sunset Gun and Death and Taxes. It is the remaining poems and verses, the ones that she failed to collect and whose very existence has been unknown to most of the general public for more than half a century, that comprise this volume. Eclectic and exuberant, the 122 forgotten poems and verses display the raw talent and dexterity of America's most renowned cynic. Some are topical, providing gimlet-eyed commentary on urban life from the First World War through the mid-twenties. With incomparable wit, Parker dissects contemporary fads and, in the raucous "Hate Verses," gleefully maligns most facets of humanity and popular culture, from husbands and wives to bohemians, slackers, summer resorts and movies. Some of the pieces are rare examples of Parker's experimentation with structured poetic forms. Others are more personal, celebrating her love of animals or scrutinizing the perils of passion. Notoriously - and irrationally - critical of her own work, Parker chose not to include this poetry in her previous collections. Nonetheless, many of the lost poems compare with her best, and nearly all display the distinctive wit, irony and precision that continue to attract succeeding generations of readers. In an authoritative and immensely entertaining introduction, Stuart Y. Silverstein recounts Parker's celebrated career.