The Algonquin Round Table New York
The Algonquin Round Table New York

Author: Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-02-07

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1493016733

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"That is the thing about New York," wrote Dorothy Parker in 1928. "It is always a little more than you had hoped for. Each day, there, is so definitely a new day." Now you can journey back there, in time, to a grand city teeming with hidden bars, luxurious movie palaces, and dazzling skyscrapers. In these places, Dorothy Parker and her cohorts in the Vicious Circle at the infamous Algonquin Round Table sharpened their wit, polished their writing, and captured the energy and elegance of the time. Robert Benchley, Parker’s best friend, became the first managing editor of Vanity Fair before Irving Berlin spotted him onstage in a Vicious Circle revue and helped launch his acting career. Edna Ferber, an occasional member of the group, wrote the Pulitzer-winning bestseller So Big as well as Show Boat and Cimarron. Jane Grant pressed her first husband, Harold Ross, into starting The New Yorker. Neysa McMein, reputedly “rode elephants in circus parades and dashed from her studio to follow passing fire engines.” Dorothy Parker wrote for Vanity Fair and Vogue before ascending the throne as queen of the Round Table, earning everlasting fame (but rather less fortune) for her award-winning short stories and unforgettable poems. Alexander Woollcott, the centerpiece of the group, worked as drama critic for the Times and the World, wrote profiles of his friends for The New Yorker, and lives on today as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner. Explore their favorite salons and saloons, their homes and offices (most still standing), while learning about their colorful careers and private lives. Packed with archival photos, drawings, and other images--including never-before-published material--this illustrated historical guide includes current information on all locations. Use it to retrace the footsteps of the Algonquin Round Table, and you’ll discover that the golden age of Gotham still surrounds us.

Two Gentlemen and a Lady
Two Gentlemen and a Lady

Author: Alexander Woollcott

Publisher: Amberg Press

Published: 2013-07

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9781473309197

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This early work by Alexander Woollcott was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Two Gentlemen and a Lady' contains three short stories featuring dogs, including 'The Passing of Nicholas', 'The Story of Verdun Belle', and 'My friend Egon'. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on the 19th January, 1887 in New Jersey, America and was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine. One of New York's most prolific drama critics, Woollcott was an owlish character whose caustic wit either joyously attracted or vehemently repelled the artistic communities of 1920s Manhattan. He was banned for a time from reviewing certain Broadway theatre shows and was frequently criticised for his ornate, florid style of writing. Woollcott was a prolific writer, and created a large body of work during his life, including 'Mrs Fiske: Her views on Actors, Acting and the Problems of Production' (1917), 'The Command is Forward' (1919), 'Shouts and Murmurs' (1922), 'Mr. Dickens Goes to the Play' (1922), 'The Story of Irving Berlin' (1925), and several collections of his newspaper articles. Many more works followed until Woollcott's final book, The Portable Woollcott (1946) which was a posthumous anthology containing the best of his works.

The Portable Woollcott
The Portable Woollcott

Author: Alexander Woollcott

Publisher: Yutang Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 748

ISBN-13: 9781473311312

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This early work by Alexander Woollcott was originally published in 1946 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Portable Woollcott' is a posthumously published anthology of the best of Woollcotts writings. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on the 19th January, 1887 in New Jersey, America and was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine. One of New York's most prolific drama critics, Woollcott was an owlish character whose caustic wit either joyously attracted or vehemently repelled the artistic communities of 1920s Manhattan.

City Editor
City Editor

Author: Stanley Walker

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9780801862922

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It's been ten years since clean-cut, sexy-as-hell police officer Todd Keenan had a white-hot fling with Erin Brown, the provocative, wild rocker chick next door. Their power exchange in the bedroom got under his skin. But love wasn't in the cards just yet . . . Now, life has thrown the pair back together. But picking up where they left off is tough, in light of a painful event from Erin's past. As Todd struggles to earn her trust, their relationship takes an unexpected and exciting turn when Todd's best friend, Ben, ends up in their bed--and all three are quite satisfied in this relationship without a name. As the passion they share transforms Erin, will it be enough to help her face the evil she thought she had left behind?

While Rome Burns
While Rome Burns

Author: Alexander Woollcott

Publisher: Wilding Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9781473311275

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This early work by Alexander Woollcott was originally published in 1934 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'While Rome Burns' is a non-fiction work that contains Woollcott's thoughts on a variety of subjects, including Chinese theatre, literature, and Russia in the 1930's. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott was born on the 19th January, 1887 in New Jersey, America and was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine. One of New York's most prolific drama critics, Woollcott was an owlish character whose caustic wit either joyously attracted or vehemently repelled the artistic communities of 1920s Manhattan.

In Gatsby's Shadow
In Gatsby's Shadow

Author: Larry Haeg

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 2004-10-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1587295156

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In the closing decades of the nineteenth century Minnesota produced three young men of great talent who each went east to become writers. Two of them became famous: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. This is the story of the third man: Charles Macomb Flandrau. Flandrau, a model of style and worldly sophistication and destined, almost everyone agreed, for greatness, was among the most talented young writers of his generation. His short stories about Harvard in the 1890s were called “the first realistic description of undergraduate life in American colleges” and sold out of the first printing in a few weeks. From 1899 to 1902 Flandrau was among the most popular contributors to the Saturday Evening Post. Alexander Woollcott rated him the best essayist in America. And Viva Mexico!, Flandrau’s account of life on a Mexican coffee plantation, is a classic, perhaps the best travel book ever written by an American. Yet Flandrau turned his back on it all. Financially independent, he chose a solitary, epicurean life in St. Paul, Mexico, Majorca, Paris, and Normandy. In later years, he confined his writing to local newspaper pieces and letters to his small circle of family and friends. Using excerpts from these newspaper columns and unpublished letters, Larry Haeg has painstakingly recreated the story of this urbane, talented, witty, lazy, enigmatic, supremely private man who never reached the peak of literary success to which his talent might have taken him. This very readable biography provides a detailed and honest portrayal of Flandrau and his times. It will fascinate readers interested in writers’ life stories and scholars of American literature as well as general readers interested in midwestern literary history.

Shouts and Murmurs; Echoes of a Thousand and One First Nights
Shouts and Murmurs; Echoes of a Thousand and One First Nights

Author: Alexander Woollcott

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016859790

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