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Dorothy Parker
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DOROTHY PARKER
First Day of Issue: August 22, 1992
First Issue Location: West End, New Jersey
“Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics
with words." Dorothy Parker's clever distinction ap-
peared in the Paris Review during the summer of 1956.
And as one of America's foremost short-story writers and
critics, Parker was an expert on wit and humor. Born and
raised in New York City, Dorothy Parker went to work for
the magazine Vanity Fair. With humorist Robert
Benchley and critic and playwright Robert Sherwood,
Parker became the core of the illustrious Algonquin
Round Table, a casual luncheon klatch which met to
discuss the literature of the day. In 1926 she published her
first book of poetry and a year later she began to review
books in The New Yorker as the “Constant Reader."
Parker's story “The Big Blonde” won the O. Henry Award
for best short story of the year in 1929. After working in
Hollywood as a screen writer, Parker returned to New
York to review books and collaborate on plays. She died
in 1967, but her stylish and elegant prose has remained
intact for posterity to read and relish.
No. 92-112
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