Enough Rope, Dorthy Parker
Enough Rope, Dorthy Parker
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Enough Rope

Author: Dorthy Parker

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 1 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/15/2022


Synopsis

“If I abstain from fun and such, / I'll probably amount to much, / But I shall stay the way I am, / Because I do not give a damn.” American poet Dorothy Parker lived a life of heartache and hardship, but her writing became her weapon to fight back. She refused to temper her strong opinions, even at the cost of her editorial position at Vanity Fair. Parker continued to write—unfiltered and unapologetic—and found solidarity in community with other writers. Enough Rope was Parker’s first volume of poetry, featuring poems originally published in Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. Parker’s poetry has galvanized generations of strong-willed women, and the fire in her voice burns strong even a century after the first publication.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mikel

Ah, Lawrence Block... When you've been reading other mystery writers for a while, coming back to Lawrence Block feels a lot like pulling a treasured but scuffed old leather jacket out of your closet, putting it on, and feeling that perfect fit with a very faint lingering scent of old tobacco and ale.......more

Goodreads review by Craig

Lawrence Block has written almost exclusively in the field of crime fiction for sixty years. This collection of 84 stories—comprised of almost his entire output of short fiction from 1960 to 2002—showcases the variety of styles possible within the genre. This may be one of the best short story colle......more

Goodreads review by Riju

I had read this humongous tome long back. It contains several memorable stories, several unpleasant stories with twist endings, and several duds, as expected. Most of the stories, if tried to be read today, would appear rather unreadable, since they had been written for a readership that doesn't exi......more