**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.
