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Jun 17, 2024 · Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
1 day ago · Parker, In Her Own Spirit Posted by Ana Daksina July 5, 2024 July 5, 2024 Posted in Humor , Metric , Poetry Tags: just for fun Dorothy Parker was a famous society wit of the early twentieth century.
4 days ago · Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( / sɛərz / SAIRZ; [n 2] 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in medieval French.
2 days ago · Song Of One Of The Girls. Here in my heart I am Helen; I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least. I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Stael; I'm Salome, moon of the East. Here in my soul I am Sappho; Lady Hamilton am I, as well. In me Recamier vies with Kitty O'Shea, With Dido, and Eve, and poor Nell.
5 days ago · Inspired by the wit and wisdom of Dorothy Parker, the piece will play two special performances at The Players Club on July 8, benefitting the NAACP. Created and directed by Beane, the piece interweaves Parker's humor and trademark cutting quips with political and social commentary.
3 days ago · Condolence. They hurried here, as soon as you had died, Their faces damp with haste and sympathy, And pressed my hand in theirs, and smoothed my knee, And clicked their tongues, and watched me, mournful-eyed. Gently they told me of that Other Side- How, even then, you waited there for me, And what ecstatic meeting ours would be.
3 days ago · July 3 was the birthday of theatre critic, columnist and author John Mason Brown (1900-1969). Most of the major theatre critics of Brown's day enjoyed lingering pop culture fame by expanding into other forms and other media (e.g. George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker, Alexander Woollcott, P.G. Wodehouse, Robert Benchley, et al). One peer who stuck….
