{"product_id":"the-portable-dorothy-parker-isbn-9780143039532","title":"The Portable Dorothy Parker","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Portable Dorothy ParkerIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Original Portable as Arranged by Dorothy Parker in1944\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lovely Leave\u003cbr\u003eArrangement in Black and White\u003cbr\u003eThe Sexes\u003cbr\u003eThe Standard of Living\u003cbr\u003eMr. Durant\u003cbr\u003eThe Waltz\u003cbr\u003eThe Wonderful Old Gentleman\u003cbr\u003eSong of the Shirt, 1941\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnough Rope\u003c\/i\u003e (Poems)\u003cbr\u003eA Telephone Call\u003cbr\u003eHere We Are\u003cbr\u003eDusk before Fireworks\u003cbr\u003eYou Were Perfectly Fine\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street\u003cbr\u003eSoldiers of the Republic\u003cbr\u003eToo Bad\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Tea\u003cbr\u003eBig Blonde\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunset Gun\u003c\/i\u003e (Poems)\u003cbr\u003eJust A Little One\u003cbr\u003eLady with a Lamp\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Hours\u003cbr\u003eHorsie\u003cbr\u003eGlory in the Daytime\u003cbr\u003eNew York to Detroit\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and Taxes\u003c\/i\u003e (Poems)\u003cbr\u003eThe Custard Heart\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Diary of a New York Lady\u003cbr\u003eCousin Larry\u003cbr\u003eLittle Curtis\u003cbr\u003eSentiment\u003cbr\u003eClothe the Naked\u003cbr\u003eWar Song (Poem)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Other Writings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a Pretty Little Picture, \u003ci\u003eSmart Set\u003c\/i\u003e, December 1922\u003cbr\u003eAdvice to the Little Peyton Girl, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, February 1933\u003cbr\u003eThe Game, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, December 1948\u003cbr\u003eThe Banquet of Crow, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, December 14, 1957\u003cbr\u003eThe Bolt Behind the Blue, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, December 1958\u003cbr\u003eInterior Desecration, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, April 15, 1917\u003cbr\u003eWeek's End, (New York) \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, July 21, 1927\u003cbr\u003eMy Home Town, \u003ci\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/i\u003e, January 1928\u003cbr\u003eNot Enough, \u003ci\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/i\u003e, March 14, 1939\u003cbr\u003eDestructive Decoration, \u003ci\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, November 1942\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, 1918-1919\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHedda Gabler\u003c\/i\u003e by Henrik Ibsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e by Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedemption\u003c\/i\u003e by Leo Tolstoi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Brutus\u003c\/i\u003e by J. M. Barrie\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAinslee's\u003c\/i\u003e (In Broadway Playhouses), 1921\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Emperor Jones\u003c\/i\u003e by Eugene O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZiegfeld Follies of 1921\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e (Substituting for Robert Benchley), 1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Barretts of Wimpole Street\u003c\/i\u003e by Rudolf Besier\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGive Me Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e by A. A. Milne\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Admirable Crichton\u003c\/i\u003e by J. M. Barrie\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e (Constant Reader), 1927-1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe President's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e by Nan Britton\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen Without Women\u003c\/i\u003e by Ernest Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e by William Lyon Phelps\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA President Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e by Fannie Hurst; \u003ci\u003eClaire Ambler\u003c\/i\u003e by Booth Tarkington\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Rotarians\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendicitis\u003c\/i\u003e by Thew Wright, M.D.; \u003ci\u003eArt of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e by George Jean Nathan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House at Pooh Corner\u003c\/i\u003e by A. A. Milne\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRound Up\u003c\/i\u003e by Ring Lardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by Charles Noel Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Key\u003c\/i\u003e by Dashiell Hammett\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDawn\u003c\/i\u003e by Theodore Dreiser\u003cbr\u003eThe Grandmother of the Aunt of the Gardener\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1957\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road to Miltown, Or Under the Spreading Atrophy\u003c\/i\u003e by S. J. Perelman\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eEsqure\u003c\/i\u003e, 1958-1959\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e by Edmund Wilson; \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e by Jack Kerouac; \u003ci\u003eIce Palace\u003c\/i\u003e by Edna Ferber\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e by Truman Capote; \u003ci\u003eThe Poorhouse Fair\u003c\/i\u003e by John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Years With Ross\u003c\/i\u003e by James Thurber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: A Dorothy Parker Sampler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAny Porch, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, September 15, 1915\u003cbr\u003eSorry, the Line Is Busy, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, April 21, 1921\u003cbr\u003eIn the Throes, (New York) \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, September 16, 1924\u003cbr\u003eFor R.C.B., \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, January 7, 1928\u003cbr\u003eUntitled Birthday Lament, c. 1927\u003cbr\u003eThe Garter, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, September 8, 1928\u003cbr\u003eSophisticated Poetry—and the Hell With It, \u003ci\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/i\u003e, June 27, 1939\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eThe Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments\u003c\/i\u003e, by James Thurber, 1932\u003cbr\u003eThe Function of the Writer, Address, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Symposium, October 1958 (extract)\u003cbr\u003eNew York at 6:30 P.M., \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, November 1964\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Portrait from \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Writers at Work,\" 1956\u003cbr\u003eLetters 1905-1962\u003cbr\u003eTo Henry Rothschild, 1905\u003cbr\u003eTo Henry Rothschild, 1905\u003cbr\u003eTo Harold Ross, 1927\u003cbr\u003eTo Harold Ross, no date\u003cbr\u003eTo Seward Collins, 1927\u003cbr\u003eTo Helen Rothschild Droste, 1929\u003cbr\u003eTo Robert Charles Benchley, 1929\u003cbr\u003eTo Sara and Gerald Murphy, 1934\u003cbr\u003eTo F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1934\u003cbr\u003eTo Alexander Woolcott, 1935\u003cbr\u003eTo Harold Guinzburg, 1935\u003cbr\u003eTo Helen Rothschild Grimwood, c. 1939\u003cbr\u003eTo Malcolm Cowley, 1958\u003cbr\u003eTo Morton Zabel, 1958\u003cbr\u003eTo John Patrick, 1962\u003cbr\u003eIndex\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.\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","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303398199525,"sku":"NP9780143039532","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143039532.jpg?v=1767741007","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-portable-dorothy-parker-isbn-9780143039532","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}