Dorothy Parker, reviewing Dreiser's Dawn in The New Yorker (30 May 1931)

Theodore Dreiser Should ought to write nicer.

— Dorothy Parker on Theodore Dreiser

What It Means

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Dorothy Parker

About Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, and critic. A fixture of 1920s literary society known for her acerbic wit and low opinion of romantic relationships, she became a member of the Algonquin Round Table.