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Presenting the Algonquin Round Table: The wits of New York’s Jazz Age

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Post date March 2, 2017
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PODCAST The enduring legacy of the Algonquin Round Table and the brilliant (and sometimes forgotten) people who made it famous. One June afternoon in the spring of 1919, a group of writers and theatrical folk got together at the Algonquin Hotel to roast the inimitable Alexander Woollcott, the trenchant theater critic for the New York… Read More

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“Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers & Swells”: What a party! Courtesy Vanity Fair and the toasts of the Jazz Age

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Post date November 6, 2014
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Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers & Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair Various authors Edited by Graydon Carter with David Friend Penguin Press BOOK REVIEW Â Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers & Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair sounds like a soirÃ©e in bookÂ form, but it’s a lot more than that. Â If anything, the book’s title is a… Read More

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