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Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker

10 best books like Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker): The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?, Selected Poems, The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories, Begin Again: Collected Poems, The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works, English Romantic Poetry, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella & Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, White Stains - Anaïs Nin & Friends (Delectus Classics of Erotic Literature), Elizabeth: Virgin Queen?

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde
AuthorJoseph Pearce
ISBN1586170260
Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, Oscar Wilde, the great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today, in some circles, as a "progressive" sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretensions did not bring him happiness and fulfillment....
Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
AuthorMarion Meade
ISBN0140116168
She was known for outrageous one-liners, her ruthless theater criticism, her clever verses and bittersweet stories, but there was another side to Dorothy Parker - a private life set on a course of destruction. She suffered through two divorces, a string of painful affairs, a lifelong problem with...
Selected Poems
AuthorAnne Sexton
ISBN0618057048
Anne Sexton is considered both a religious and feminist poet, a product of her upbringing and the era in which she lived. Born in 1928 outside of Boston to descendants of Puritans, Sexton was the oldest daughter in a deeply Christian family. Although her family may have expected more from her, Sexton...
The Yellow Wall-Paper and Other Stories
AuthorCharlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN0192834800
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early twentieth century. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories makes available the fullest selection ever printed of her short fiction, featuring the pioneering feminist masterpiece of the title, her stories contemporary...
Begin Again: Collected Poems
AuthorGrace Paley
ISBN0374527245
A longtime teacher, activist, feminist, and masterful writer of short fiction and essays, Paley is also an accomplished poet. Combining her two previous collections with unpublished work, Begin Again traces the career of a direct, attentive, and always unpredictable poet. Whether describing...
The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works
AuthorH.P. Lovecraft
ISBN1892389150
H. P. Lovecraft is best known for his fiction, but he spent a great portion of his creative energy on his poetry. The Ancient Track collects the complete poetry of one of the twentieth centuries most iconic writers. The great majority of these poems were written between 1914, and 1920, the period of Lovecraft's...
English Romantic Poetry
AuthorStanley Appelbaum
ISBN0486292827
Encompassing a broad range of subjects, styles and moods, English poetry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries is generally classified under the term "Romantic," suggesting an emphasis on imagination and individual experiance, as well as a preoccupation with such themes as nature, death and...
Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella & Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
AuthorAngela Carter
ISBN0143105361
Ten beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter

Many classic fairy tale characters might not have survived into the present were it not for Charles Perrault, a seventeenth-century French civil servant who rescued them from the oral tradition and committed them to...
White Stains - Anaïs Nin & Friends (Delectus Classics of Erotic Literature)
AuthorAnaïs Nin
ISBN1897767110
This collection of six sensual, yet explicit short stories is thought to have been written for an Oklahoma oil millionaire, Roy M. Johnson. Anais Nin is said to have paid a dollar per page to produce typescripts of explicit erotica for his own private amusement. In 'Alice' a couple spying on another couple...
Elizabeth: Virgin Queen?
AuthorPhilippa Jones
ISBN1847735150
'Gloriana', 'Faerie Queen', 'Queen Bess', are just some of the names given to Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. But the name for which she is perhaps most remembered and which best explains why Elizabeth was the last of the Tudor monarchs, was the "Virgin Queen.'

But how...
Imperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People
AuthorPolly Campbell
ISBN1936740184
Pulling a raisin out of a two-year-old's nose probably wasn't on Buddha's path toward enlightenment, but it was one of the obstacles for author Polly Campbell. For many, stuck raisins and other real-life moments provide sometimes the only opportunity for spiritual growth in a day. Imperfect Spirituality...
The Best Cigarette
AuthorBilly Collins
ISBN0965887308
Forgetfulness
-Billy Collins

The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel
which suddenly becomes one you have never read, never even heard of,

as if, one by one, the memories...
Sisters of the Extreme: Women Writing on the Drug Experience
AuthorCynthia Palmer
ISBN0892817577
• An anthology of writings by some of the most influential women in history on the often misunderstood and misrepresented female drug experience.

• With great honesty, bravery, and frankness, women from diverse backgrounds write about their drug experiences.

Women have been...
Lewis Carroll: A Biography
AuthorMorton N. Cohen
ISBN0679745629
Okay, there are a lot of theories about who CLD really was, what he was like, whether he was a pedophile or did drugs. A lot of people will downgrade books because they don't go along with their pet theories.

Fact is, this is a good biography that gives a lot of insight into the man. Whether it gives...
Populuxe: The Look and Life of America in the '50s and '60s, from Tailfins and TV Dinners to Barbie Dolls and Fallout Shelters
AuthorThomas Hine
ISBN1567313167
"Populuxe" - populism, popularity and luxury is the word coined by the author to express the atmosphere of American society during the decade 1954-1964.The book examines the new luxury products created at this time and the lifestyle they represent, so giving a tour of this era when the United States...
You Might as Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
AuthorJohn Keats
ISBN0913729493
"Once upon a time --just after World War I to be precise-- the world was bright and new, and Dorothy Parker was one of the brightest and newest people in it." So begins this biography of one of the wittiest American writers of her era by John Keats. It is an intriguing story, sad in many ways, but never less...
Alternacrafts: 20+ Hi-Style Lo-Budget Projects to Make
AuthorJessica Vitkus
ISBN1584794569
this wasn't the worst book i've ever read. if i were a girl scout troop leader, i would appreciate reading this book and being reminded of crafts to share with a group of young ladies. if i had never spent time making things, or considering the politics of making things yourself instead of buying them, i...
Nothing... Except My Genius
AuthorOscar Wilde
ISBN0140436936
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”

“Everything...
Erté's Theatrical Costumes in Full Color
AuthorErté
"All-around beautiful and worth picking up for anyone interested in fashion, theatre, theatrical costuming, and art." —Looking for a Good Book
"This book is an absolute delight for any fan of costume design history, and it is sure to inspire budding theatrical designers. Brilliant and colorful."...
The Secret of Life: Commonsense Advice for the Uncommon Woman
AuthorElizabeth Wurtzel
ISBN0345476751
Though she might not always follow her own advice, Elizabeth Wurtzel knows certain things to be true: Doing copious amounts of drugs leads nowhere you want to be; trying to be friends with your ex is always a bad idea; if you can’t afford to hire a mover, you can’t afford to move; and always doing the...
The Selected Poems of Donald Hall
AuthorDonald Hall
ISBN0544555600
Former poet laureate Donald Hall selects the essential work from a moving and brilliant life in poetry.

Long-Listed for the 2016 National Book Award

Donald Hall was an American master, one of the nation’s most beloved and accomplished poets. Here, in his eighties, having taken...
Open Me
AuthorSunshine O'Donnell
ISBN1596922044
A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers.

Mem is a wailer, a professional mourner hired to cry at funerals. One of the few remaining American girls...
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