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 […]

‘The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood’  
• June 10, 2025

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 […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Yoko: A Biography’
• April 9, 2025

The artist was always so much more than Mrs. John Lennon.   Most biographers can only fantasize about unfettered access to their subjects — to know their thoughts and dreams and […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Fearless and Free: A Memoir’ by Josephine Baker  
• March 11, 2025

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) found fame in France in the 1920s as the American expat who danced in “a mere belt of bananas.” Ernest Hemingway described her as “the most sensational […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Dorothy Parker in Hollywood’ 
• January 15, 2025

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) is probably best known for her bon mots: “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses” and “Brevity is the soul of lingerie.” During a party […]