Dorothy Parker: Poems

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Dorothy Parker

Poems

Dorothy Parker

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Penguin Young Readers
11 March 2025

Poetry

Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series

An irresistible hardcover collection of the famous humorist’s poems that range from lighthearted satire to gleeful dark comedy

One of the Jazz Age’s most beloved poets, Dorothy Parker earned her reputation as the wittiest woman in America with her popular light verse, which was regularly published in Vanity Fair, Life, and The New Yorker. Her debut poetry collection, Enough Rope, was a runaway bestseller in 1926, and she followed it up in 1928 with the equally delightful collection Sunset Gun.

The poems gathered here range from barbed satires to lighthearted laments, all laced with Parker’s unmistakable sense of humor, one that manages to be both cynical and sparkling.

Everyman's Library's Pocket Poets are pocket-sized hardcovers that feature acid-free cream-colored paper bound in a full-cloth case with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, a silk ribbon marker, a European-style half-round spine, and a full-color illustrated jacket.

By: Dorothy Parker
Imprint: Penguin Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 166mm, Width: 112mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780593992173
ISBN 10: 0593992172
Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

DOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967) was born in New Jersey and grew up in New York. In 1916 she sold some poems to Vogue and was given a job at the magazine writing captions for fashion photographs and drawings. Parker went on to become a drama critic at Vanity Fair and the central figure of the celebrated Algonquin Round Table. Famous for her spoken wit, she showed the same satiric gift in her book reviews for The New Yorker and Esquire and in her celebrated poems and stories.