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The Legendary Writers of the "Vicious Circle"<br> <br> Collected Together For the First Time <p>"The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists."<br> <br> -Harpo Marx</p> <p>In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and "lost" pieces from obscure periodicals.</p> <p>● Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart.<br> <br> ● Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood.<br> <br> ● Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech.<br> <br> ● Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor.<br> <br> ● Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Do

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Author

Nat Benchley; Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

Publisher

iUniverse, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781440151514

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Humor, History

Rating

4.18 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14