Dorothy Parker was a revered
poet,
author, and reviewer in the early
20th century in
America.
She was one of the members of the
Algonquin Round Table, an
elite membership that clearly demonstrates her
prowess with words.
Parker's most well-known work is her poetry, which was widely published in three early volumes "
Enough Rope" (1926), "
Sunset Gun" (1929), and "
Death and Taxes" (1932). Parker was one of the first
women writers to step out of
traditonal gender roles in her poetry, expressing sentiments of
sexuality,
anger,
sadness, and
arrogance -- all traits that were almost entirely absent from preceeding
women poets. Parker,
in a nutshell, changed not only how women
wrote poety, she helped change how
women were allowed to think.