{"product_id":"9780143039532","title":"The Portable Dorothy Parker: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers can 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. There are some stories new to the Portable, \"Such a Pretty Little Picture,\" along with a selection of articles written for such disparate publications as \u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMcCall's\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHouse and Garden\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/b\u003e. Two of these pieces concern home decorating, a subject not usually associated with Mrs. Parker. At the heart of her serious work lies her political writings-racial, labor, international-and so \"Soldiers of the Republic\" is joined by reprints of \"Not Enough\" and \"Sophisticated Poetry-And the Hell With It,\" both of which first appeared in \u003cb\u003eNew Masses\u003c\/b\u003e. \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cb\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/b\u003e, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations (\"Writers at Work\") that the literary journal conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers. What makes the interviews so interesting is that they were permitted to edit their transcripts before publication, resulting in miniature autobiographies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps, rough front, and luxurious packaging \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Features an introduction from Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist Seth, creator of the comic series \u003cb\u003ePalooka-ville\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015931052272,"sku":"9780143039532","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143039532_p0.jpg?v=1763656946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143039532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}