Short Stories of Dorothy Parker
- Author
- Wendy & Amy
- Published
- Wed 21 Dec 2022
- Episode Link
- None
Wendy and Amy discuss two short stories by Dorothy Parker, "Such a Pretty Little Picture" and "Here We Are," and finally get a taste of prosecco in a Pretty Pink Prosecco Jello Shot. They find the funny and the tragic in an old and new marriage, ponder unhappy endings and roles women - and men! - were/are expected to play. Pop a cork to the Queen of the Quips!
Today's Prosecco Jello Shot: Pretty Pink Prosecco Jello Shot from Wanda at Entertaining Diva.
This Season’s Books
1) First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Authors
2) The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike
Today's Short Stories by Dorothy Parker
1) "Such a Pretty Little Picture"
2) "Here We Are"
Summer course that inspired this Season's Episodes - The Great Courses Course: Great American Short Stories | A Guide for Readers and Writers featuring Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black Ph.D.
