American poet, writer, critic, and satirist Dorothy Parker holding her dog whilst being photographed by Norman Parkinson in England, 1959.

Celebrating the Female Screenwriters Who Came Before Us: Dorothy Parker

The Algonquin Round Table trained a generation of socially conscious writers.

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"I don't have to attend every argument I am invited to." —Dorothy Parker

I hate Parties; They bring out the worst in me. There is the Novelty Affair, Given by the woman Who is awfully clever at that sort of thing. Everybody must come in fancy dress; They are always eleven Old-Fashioned Girls, And fourteen Hawaiian gentlemen Wearing the native costume Of last season's tennis clothes, with a wreath around the neck. The hostess introduces a series of clean, home games: Each participant is given a fair chance To guess the number of seeds in a cucumber, Or thread a…

Dorothy Parker, August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967.

Dorothy Parker on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

As Tom Hanks announces that he is to publish a collection of short stories inspired by his love of typewriters, we remember some of the other writers who have cherished them, across the ages