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Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates today, Monday, Jan 19, 2015. Dorothy Parker left her estate to Dr. King, a man she never met. She spoke up for social justice her entire career.
Now that my book is out, I am looking at what went right and what went wrong with The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. Today I was in a file of letters, and I came across one that I never got a response to. In 2010, I wrote to the director of the Castleton Free Library, in Castleton, Vermont. This is not far from where Alexander Woollcott and his friends had a vacation house Continue Reading →
I’m happy my third blog post for the Huffington Post was published today. You can read my others here. With my book, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, published this week, I wanted to write a post for a wide audience. My subject: six of the women in the group, the ones not Dorothy Parker and Edna Ferber. It was fun to put this blog post together. Have a look.
The press release for my new book is finally here: Lyons Press is proud to announce the January 6, 2015 release of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick (978-1-4930-0757-8, hardcover).Retrace the steps of the legendary wits that convened at the Algonquin Hotel in 1919 who called themselves the Vicious Circle. The Algonquin Round Table is the first book to fully explore the whole group and their world. It’s Continue Reading →
Take a video tour of Colts Neck, New Jersey, the birthplace of writer Alexander Woollcott. A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, Woollcott was a writer, critic, and broadcaster, who also dabbled in acting.
Today is the anniversary of Margaret Leech’s birthdate, November 7, 1894 in Newburgh, NY. She’s the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize twice in the History category. I write about her in my upcoming book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide. She led a fascinating life marked by tragedy & triumph and I hope people learn about her in my book.