tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post1058686201191849072..comments2024-03-27T13:22:37.478-07:00Comments on The Glass Character: The first time I diedMargaret Gunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-64228108227208861262012-05-07T09:26:54.547-07:002012-05-07T09:26:54.547-07:00I'm planning to re-read this book (probably 3r...I'm planning to re-read this book (probably 3rd or 4th time) after I finish Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. (Also a superb movie with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett).Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-30375146435981624722012-05-07T03:47:51.648-07:002012-05-07T03:47:51.648-07:00I'll keep an eye out for that book. She fasci...I'll keep an eye out for that book. She fascinates me. I thought she and Benchley had a brief carnal affair, altho that might have ruined a beautiful friendship. She sounded like a female Hunter Thompson, whom I tried to drink like and almost killed myself doing so.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-51076669638300128882012-05-06T22:09:38.449-07:002012-05-06T22:09:38.449-07:00I highly highly highly highly HIGHLY recommend one...I highly highly highly highly HIGHLY recommend one of my favorite books of all time, What Fresh Hell is This? by Marion Meade, a bio of Parker. The best biography I've ever read (I prefer them to novels), and it covers the Jazz Age to boot. It's also the best recounting of a lifelong love story (Parker and Robert Benchley, though they weren't lovers). It makes no attempt to varnish the more tawdry aspects of Parker's life, such as the time she was so sloshed she screwed a guy on his sofa in front of his friends. One of her best sayings was "I'm too fucking busy - and vice-versa."Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-74747296251025793402012-05-06T22:03:42.282-07:002012-05-06T22:03:42.282-07:00I wish I could drink like her. No, really.I wish I could drink like her. No, really.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-34909201272050436032012-05-06T12:07:03.645-07:002012-05-06T12:07:03.645-07:00Fell in love with Dorothy some years back, when I ...Fell in love with Dorothy some years back, when I had an hourlong daily commute. Read her collected works at stoplights and, in winter, while warming up the car. Love.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com