Comments on: “A Pigs-Eye View of Literature” by Dorothy Parker

By: Julie Scott

Julie Scott — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:57:52 +0000

That made me smile. Clever little poem. =)

By: Rodger Jacobs

Rodger Jacobs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:06:29 +0000

I don’t mind the pingback, Paul, as it might send some traffic in your direction.

Yeah, the so-called Lost Generation that the Fitzgeralds belonged to had World War I in the not-too-distant past and, looming ahead, the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depression, and World War II. Good times.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:01:32 +0000

Cool, that’s a multilevel story, the Fitsgerald’s are a fabulous story. This whole age was glorious in a way, a zenith of a certain idea that faded into the drabness of war, oh well, cycles, (oh by the way, you can disable pingbacks if you don’t want that autocomment from my link)

By: Rodger Jacobs

Rodger Jacobs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:16:50 +0000

No, “Poor Sonofabitch” is what Parker said of Fitzgerald.

Further on the topic:

http://8763wonderland.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/poor-sonofabitch/

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:59:05 +0000

You have me at a disadvantage and in suspense, do tell,

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a more heroic age? « — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:58:12 +0000

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By: Rodger Jacobs

Rodger Jacobs — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:14:08 +0000

I like the line Parker uttered when she visited Fitzgerald’s remains at a Culver City funeral home.

Poor sonofabitch

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:38:07 +0000

I’ne always admired Dorothy Parker greatly. I remember one night at the Algonquin, Harpo Marx had just…