Dorothy Parker (Identities and Issues in Literature)
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Beginning her career as a caption writer for Vogue, and later a literature and drama critic for Vanity Fair, Dorothy Parker developed a style of writing that was always witty, sometimes pointed, and often sardonic. While at Vanity Fair, Parker became friends with Robert Sherwood, the dramatic editor, and Robert Benchley, the managing editor. The three regularly took lunch at the Algonquin Hotel, where they were joined by Franklin Pierce Adams, a humor columnist for the New York Tribune, and Harold Ross, the founder of The New...
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