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Jay Z recommended track Human Nature by Michael Jackson in Thriller by Michael Jackson in Music (curated)

 
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Thriller by Michael Jackson
1982 | Rock

"RT @sIowdowns @moonrauhlker What's your favourite Michael Jackson song? #MCHG @S_C_" [Human Nature, Prince Dorothy Parker]"

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Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr
Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr
David Bret | 2020
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"The perfect salacious beach read. And, to paraphrase Dorothy Parker, if it falls in the ocean… what the hell, it falls in the ocean."

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The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
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"The way that Dorothy Parker navigates her own darkness with wit, and her commentary on what it was like to be a woman in America in the 1920s is wildly compelling. The amazing thing about this book is you can open to any page and read a great short story. Parker makes for a wonderful author to read aloud to your lover."

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Alicia Keys recommended Sign 'O' the Times by Prince in Music (curated)

 
Sign 'O' the Times by Prince
Sign 'O' the Times by Prince
1987 | Rock
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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"This album is incredibly inspiring for me. The way he experiments with sounds and drums and voices is really amazing. He was really thinking out of the box for this one. But my favorite thing is how he conceptualizes songs. Like in 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker 'or 'Starfish and Coffee.' Seriously there is no one like him!"

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David Sedaris recommended Selected Stories in Books (curated)

 
Selected Stories
Selected Stories
Dorothy Parker | 1996 | Biography, Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"I like an audiobook. Quite often in an audiobook someone will read a story, especially the last line of a story, and I’ll think, ‘That’s not how it goes at all. Don’t you know anything?’ But Elaine Stritch, who’s a Broadway actress, recorded Dorothy Parker stories and she understood those stories. There’s nothing I would change. Not a thing in those recordings. They’re masterful. They never released them on CD or digital. They’re just on tapes and that’s why I’ll never get rid of my tape player."

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When the members of the Algonquin Round Table gathered for lunch, the last thing they expected to find was the dead body of a theater critic under their table. From Round Table, to speakeasy, and all over the city of New York, Dorothy Parker has to chase down a murderer before the police try to pin the crime on her or one of her gang. She has plenty of help from her friends Peter Benchley and a visiting Billy Faulkner.

The mystery was good, and the characters were larger than life, but there were so many characters that it did get a little confusing at first. Once I figured out who everyone was though, I really enjoyed it. I loved the banter between Dorothy and Peter – they reminded me a bit of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby. I highly recommend this one if you enjoy a little humor with your mystery.

Several members of the historical Algonquin Round Table are featured or make at least a brief appearance in this story. To read more about them, visit the <a href="http://www.algonquinhotel.com/story/round-table/">Algonquin Hotel's Website.</a>