‘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.

‘She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement’
• January 30, 2020

UNTANGLING HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S WEB OF DECEIT Reviewed by Kitty Kelley “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, landed with […]

Walter Mosley Book Launch and Reception
• September 20, 2018

Sankofa Bookstore is excited to host The DC Launch of New York Times-Bestselling Author Walter Mosley’s new book: John Woman. Reception/Signing and Dialogue between WALTER MOSLEY & W. PAUL COATES, […]

One Year: 1968, A Book Discussion Group
• June 29, 2018

Join staff from the National Portrait Gallery and the DC Public Library for a monthly discussion of portraits and prose commemorating the 50th anniversary of the museum and 1968. Each […]

Book Release & Signing with Dr. Harlan Ullman
• November 20, 2017

On Thursday, November 30th, the City Tavern Club invites the Georgetown community to a special book release and signing for Georgetown resident and longtime City Tavern member, Dr. Harlan Ullman. […]

My Summer Reading List
• July 26, 2017

A couple years ago, I read an article about Mark Zuckerberg that said he reads two books a month. He even started a Facebook book club called “A Year of […]