Conclusion: There was no settled, shocked moment when she first thought of killing herself; it seemed to her as if the idea had always been with her. Mrs. Morse occupies a dark, morose space with very few distractions. The maid Nettie does the cleaning, the cooking, the errands while she sleeps till afternoon and then […]
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Big Blonde, a short story by Dorthy Parker, 1929; Classic American Literature
PART TWO: A Mrs. Martin moved into the flat across the hall. She was a great blonde woman of forty, a promise in looks of what Mrs. Morse was to be. They made acquaintance, quickly became inseparable. Mrs. Morse spent her days in the opposite apartment. They drank together, to brace themselves after the drinks […]
Big Blonde, a short story by Dorthy Parker, 1929; Classic American Literature (with an introductory aside regarding Janis Joplin)
INTRODUCTION: I’m a big Janis Joplin fan. My high school theatre teacher turned me onto her when I was fourteen. I have every album she ever recorded. I even own the “special 24-karat Gold Disc” Master Sound Series of her seminal album Pearl. My husband paid a fortune for it back in the day when […]