Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation’  
• January 13, 2026

The esteemed South Carolina lawmaker honors his predecessors.  South Carolina is the state that gave rise to the Civil War. Three days after Abraham Lincoln was elected president, its legislature […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart’  
• December 9, 2025

A master biographer tells her own poignant story.   Imagine Nancy Drew with a Phi Beta Kappa key and you’ll glimpse the phenomenon of Megan Marshall, who many cite as the patron saint of biographers. And biographers […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: David McCullough: ‘History Matters’
• November 11, 2025

 The celebrated late historian’s advice to writers.    Any book carrying the name of David McCullough usually weighs three pounds less than a horse. His first biography, “Truman,” ran to 1,120 pages; […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris’  
• October 7, 2025

Recalling a long-ago safe haven for creative ladies.   A few months ago, the New York Times published a piece titled “Pack Lightly, Learn the Customs, Join a Tour: Tips for […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir’ 
• September 9, 2025

How a queer Jewish pauper rose to dominate the Great White Way.   Being poor, adopted, gay and Jewish fueled Jeffrey Seller to become a multimillionaire, then spiraled him into psychotherapy, […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free’  
• August 13, 2025

 Meet the most influential clothier you’ve never heard of.  Women might be surprised to learn that much of what hangs in their closets — the leotards and leggings, hoodies, denim […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television’
• July 6, 2025

He loved Lucy — and the small screen.  He was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III from Santiago de Cuba, but you might remember him as Ricky Ricardo on […]

News Bytes
• June 10, 2025

Georgetown Village Honors Elizabeth Miller    Georgetown residents came out in droves to celebrate community and honor Elizabeth Miller at the Georgetown Village Spring Gala, held at the penthouse of Nancy […]

‘The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood’  
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All that glitters is gold for a Tinseltown writer.     The first commandment for authors: Write what you know.   In his fourth book, “The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt’  
• May 14, 2025

An able corrective to the notion that great men are self-made.    Canadian author Charlotte Gray spent her pandemic lockdown examining the lives of two American mothers previously disregarded by male […]