Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table

I wanted to write about Brooklyn and the Algonquin Round Table today, because the Brooklyn Book Festival is on Sunday. I’ll be there talking about my new book at Booth 158 with Jamie Brenner. While Dorothy Parker never had a love nest in Brooklyn, or tried to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, there are five members of the Vicious Circle with strong ties to the Borough.

I’ve been giving my Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours for almost 15 years (the next is Sept. 28), and one thing I love talking a...