Harvard Book Club
Discuss The Portable Dorothy Parker
Our next book club meeting is Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30 pm. Host is Karin Roof.
Author Selection is Dorothy Parker, there was a discussion which of the short stories collections to read.
Recommended: "The Portable Dorothy Parker" the contents include the following:
Part One: Short stories and poems as "Arranged by Dorothy Parker" in 1944.
Part Two: Later stories, poems, reviews and articles as "Arranged by Dorothy Parker." Also selections of the column The Constant Reader from the New Yorker 1927 - 1933.
More of the above from Esquire, 1957 - 1962.
In addition to the short stories and poems, there are reviews and essays of the following authors: Hemingway, Sinclair, Tarkington, Ford, Capote, Jackson, Thurber, Tolstoi, Ibsen, Lewis, Wilson, Milne, etc.
Hennepin County Library has 10 copies, also available at the libraries of the University of Minnesota, St. Thomas, Macalaster, and St Paul Library.
Questions and feedback are welcome.
Noteworthy, the Classic Fiction Book Club has expanded to include non-classics and non-fiction and is now called the Harvard Book Club.
E-mail admin@harvardmn.org or phone 612-871-2914 to register. Address will be given when you register.