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"Farewell, Dorothy Parker" by Ellen Meister

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published May 2, 2013 at 11:45 AM EDT

    Novelist Ellen Meister is a serious Dorothy Parker fan. So much so, she created a Facebook page dedicated to the literary icon and celebrated wit. When it came to writing about her, since Meister is a novelist not a biographer, she decided to write in Dorothy Parker's voice - as a ghost. We’ll talk with Ellen Meister about her book Farewell, Dorothy Parker

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Originally aired on March 6, 2013.
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