Parker joins the Algonquin Round Table founding in 1919.
Early in 1919, Dorothy Parker became a fundamental part of the Algonquin Round Table, a who’s who of New York’s literary elite. Their legendary witticisms and repartee, exchanged over lunch meetings at the Algonquin Hotel, have become mythos in American cultural history. Parker’s involvement in this particular circle helped cultivate her quick wit and notoriety, cementing her status as a crucial cultural critic and an active participant in the city’s dynamic intellectual scene.