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. 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. 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 The Paris Review part
of a famed ongoing series of conversations (Writers at Work) conducted with the best of
twentieth-century writers. 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.
Features an introduction by Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist
Seth creator of the comic series Palooka-ville 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.
