Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker, also known as Dot Parker or Dottie Parker, was born Dorothy Rothschild in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey, on August 22, 1893. She was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.

Publications

• Enough Rope (1926)
• Sunset Gun (1927)
• Close Harmony (1929) (play)
• Laments for the Living (1930)
• Death and Taxes (1931)
• After Such Pleasures (1933)
• Collected Poems: Not So Deep As A Well (1936)
• Here Lies (1939)
• Collected Stories (1942)
• Collected Poetry (1944)
• The Ladies of the Corridor (1953)
• Constant Reader (1970)
• A Month of Saturdays (1971)
• Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker (2001)