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Both her wit and her pain are on display in the poem Resumé. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44835/resume-56d2241505225 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
by adamc 2y ago
Both her wit and her pain are on display in the poem Resumé. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44835/resume-56d2241505225 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44835/resume-56d22415...
She lived in a difficult period for bright women who needed to express their thoughts. It's still a difficult period for such women, although it has improved.
She left her estate to MLK. She was the right stuff. Some details here: https://dorothyparker.com/dorothy-parker-haunts/baltimore-naacp https://dorothyparker.com/dorothy-parker-haunts/baltimore-na...
- stevenwoo 2y agoIt's darkly funny and tragic given what we know about her suicide attempts, although we should separate fiction from autobiography, I'm reminded of Virginia Woolf's contemporary novels where it feels like there's always adult characters making jokes about committing suicide, it really stands out now since Woolf chose the river.