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From the time she was a struggling young writer and a member of the high-profile Algonquin literary clique, Dorothy Parker’s reputation as a serious author has been overshadowed by her fame as a public figure and a wit. ‘‘Big Blonde’’ is the achievement that earned Parker her greatest literary respect and it remains a staple of anthologies and readers. Even this most famous of Parker’s stories, however, is less well-known than some of her frequently cited witticisms, such as ‘‘Men seldom make passes at women in glasses.’’ Since ‘‘Big Blonde’’ is the 1990s:...
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