Dorothy Parker's New York
Third Revised Edition

Coming August 1, 2025

Taking the reader through the New York that inspired, and was in turn inspired by, the formidable Dorothy Parker, this guide uses rarely seen archival photographs from her life to illustrate Parker’s development as a writer, a formidable wit, and a public persona.

Her favorite speakeasies as well as her many homes and offices, most of which are still intact, are uncovered. With the charting of her colorful career, including the decade she spent as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, as well as her intense private life and social activist, readers will find themselves drawn into the lavish New York City of the 1920s and 30s.

Includes a new chapter about the 2020 journey of Dorothy Parker’s ashes from Baltimore to Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.

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Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick is a New York author, public historian, and tour guide. Kevin is the author and editor of nine books that are all tied to New York history. His most recent is Dorothy Parker’s New York (Expanded Edition) from SUNY Press, due August 1, 2025. He is a fourth-generation New Yorker who launched his tour guide company Big Apple Fanatics Tours in 1999. Kevin leads city history walking tours and boat tours of Long Island.

Kevin launched the Dorothy Parker Society in 1998 and became the driving force in scores of projects around Parker’s legacy. The biggest was his campaign to bring Parker’s cremains from Baltimore to New York; he buried Parker’s urn next to her parents in 2020.

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