The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Dorothy Parker(1893-1967) is a literary legend famed for her poetry, short stories, criticism, screenplays, and dramas. She was a founding writer ofThe New Yorkerin 1925 and a key member of the New York literary circle, the Algonquin Round Table.  During the Twenties, when she won acclaim for her humorous verse and prize-winning short stories such as "Big Blonde," she became known as the wittiest woman in America. At various times in her life she also wrote forVogue, Vanity Fair, andEsquire. Not so well known are her political beliefs: she helped unionize Hollywood screenwriters, joined the Communist Party, and worked on behalf of various left-wing causes. In the 1950s, she was blacklisted in Hollywood. Her estate was bequeathed to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  She is buried in Baltimore, at the headquarters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which became her literary executor following Dr. King's assassination. Today, four decades after her death, Dorothy Parker remains one of the most quoted writers in the world.Marion Meadeis the author ofDorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?andBobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties. 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.Seth is an illustrator whose work has been featured in such publications as theWashington Post, Details, Spin, and theNew York Times. He is best known for his continuing comic-book seriesPalooka-Ville.