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National Presbyterian Church presents Dinner, Drama, Discussion: a C.S. Lewis book event
February 9, 2023
•Wednesdays in March at 6:00 pm Please join us this Lent as we delve into C.S. Lewis’s classic The Great Divorce, his imaginative exploration of possible responses to Christ’s invitation […]
‘Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom’
September 14, 2022
•A Riveting Saga That Belongs on the Silver Screen. Lights! Camera! Action! Andrew Nagorski’s “Saving Freud” ought to be coming to a theater near you. This nonfiction work crackles like […]
New Writings in American Art: Virtual Conversation with Adair Margo
April 30, 2021
•Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a virtual conversation featuring author and arts leader Adair Margo. Learn more about Margo’s most recent publication, Voices of La Lydia: The History […]
New Writings in American Art: Virtual Conversation with Mary Anne Goley
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Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a virtual conversation featuring author and art historian Mary Anne Goley. Learn more about Goley’s most recent publication Democracy’s Medici: The Federal Reserve […]
‘Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography’
July 15, 2020
•UNSUNG OR UNWELL? REEVALUATING THE FIRST LADY THROUGH A FEMINIST LENS “Mary Todd Lincoln remains America’s most provocative First Lady,” writes Jean H. Baker in the first sentence of her […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: The Silent Justice’s Deafening Opinions
April 22, 2020
•Clarence Thomas, the longest-sitting justice on the current Supreme Court, is referred to as the silent one because he hardly speaks during oral arguments. Instead, he sits quietly in his […]
‘Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best’
April 8, 2020
•In 1938, as author Neal Bascomb describes, the Grand Prix came down to: Dreyfus versus Caracciola, Delahaye versus Mercedes, France versus Germany, Good versus Evil.
‘In the Land of Men: A Memoir’
March 26, 2020
•AN EDITOR REFLECTS ON HER TIME SPENT AT ESQUIRE — AND IN THRALL TO DAVID FOSTER WALLACE Adrienne Miller does not mince words when she dictates the duty of book […]
The Club Savors ‘This Is Happiness’
February 26, 2020
•In sharing the experience of reading Niall Williams’s latest novel, “This Is Happiness,” a Georgetown book club also shared the pleasure of their friendship.“ I loved reading this book because, […]