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J.J. Murphy
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Today is the day that Dorothy Parker died back in 1967. We don't choose to focus on the sadness of this event, but to celebrate her life... Cheers, Dorothy, wherever the hell you are!
One way you might consider celebrating Dorothy Parker's life is to read a poem, have lunch with friends, toast her name with a drink, or just think of something funny.
We also invite you to consider reading a new Al... Read more of this blog post »
One way you might consider celebrating Dorothy Parker's life is to read a poem, have lunch with friends, toast her name with a drink, or just think of something funny.
We also invite you to consider reading a new Al... Read more of this blog post »
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Murder Your Darlings (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #1)
— published 2011 — 5 editions |
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You Might As Well Die (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2)
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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A Friendly Game of Murder (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #3)
— published 2012 — 3 editions |
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Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work
— published 2007 — 2 editions |
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Hair of the Dog (An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #1.5)
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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Children's Handkerchiefs: A Two Hundred Year History
— published 1998 |
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location: Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street, New York, NY, The United States description: The iconic Manhattan writer and wit Dorothy Parker will be toasted with the cocktails she adored so much at a special book announcement celebration at the Blue Bar at the legendary Algonquin Hotel on Friday, May 31, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m., for UNDER THE TABLE: A DOROTHY PARKER COCKTAIL GUIDE, by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, president of the international Dorothy Parker Society. As part of Book Expo America, Fitzpatrick will be at the landmark hotel at 59 West 44th Street to talk about the book and the...more J.J. said: You had me at "share drinks with thirsty publishing industry professionals." |
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Before technology was made, before television, radio, telephones in every home, there was social entertainment. There were the members of the Round Table. No really, there was...
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I love this book...it is really good and once you start reading this you can't put it down. I dearly love this Author. He is really good. I will be reading more books by him.
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This book was delightful. Like a Stephanie Plum novel, but with booze instead of doughnuts and culture instead of Jersey. A fun blend of classic mystery, punny wit, and historical fiction. A great beach read or pick-me-up!
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"Like Water for Chocolate? It's set during the Mexican Revolution, though, not around "cinco de mayo.""
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“They migrated to the usual room on the second floor. Heywood Broun was there by the door, setting up bottles of gin, scotch and beer. Alexander Woollcott sat ensconced behind the round table (not THE Round Table). He shuffled the cards and stacked up poker chips.
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
“Someone misdirected you [...] Most writers in New York don't do much writing. They spend their time talking and drinking bootleg liquor. That's what we do, at any rate.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
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“They migrated to the usual room on the second floor. Heywood Broun was there by the door, setting up bottles of gin, scotch and beer. Alexander Woollcott sat ensconced behind the round table (not THE Round Table). He shuffled the cards and stacked up poker chips.
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
Dorothy stopped in the doorway and watched what they were doing. 'You boys sure know how to treat a woman,' she said. 'Liquor in the front and poker in the rear.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
“Someone misdirected you [...] Most writers in New York don't do much writing. They spend their time talking and drinking bootleg liquor. That's what we do, at any rate.”
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
― J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings
“Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)”
― Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)”
― Dorothy Parker, Death and Taxes
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Jan 02, 2012 03:34pm
Thanks, Michael. Hope you like the second in the series. Yeah, I've been thinking I have to do something about the Harlem Renaissance--Paul Robeson was an occasional member of the Round Table.
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Looking forward to reading the next book in the series and when you do the baseball book. I wonder if a book having the Round Table connected with members of the Harlem Renaissance. (I just read a book about the history of Harlem. I attended City College of New York, you'd think I'd know a little about the place).
