Kitty Kelley Book Club ‘John of John’ by Douglas Stuart
• October 14, 2026

Kitty Kelley reviews Douglas Stuart’s “John of John,” a queer coming-of-age novel about a Presbyterian minister and his son, both hiding their sexuality and unknowingly pursuing the same man in a Scottish village of weavers and sheep farmers.

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Smut: An 1883 Obscenity Trial and Its Echoes Today’
• September 16, 2026

Kitty Kelley reviews Carol Kammen’s “Smut,” the story of an 1883 obscenity trial in Ithaca, New York, and its unsettling echoes in today’s debates over women’s rights.

The Kennedy Center: Dead or Alive?
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Mr. President, Please Don’t Assassinate the Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center is in crisis. On Sept. 15, its board voted to close the main building immediately, citing serious structural problems […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage’
• September 3, 2026

A wronged wife finally finds her voice. Belle Burden wanted to be a writer and was admitted to a creative-writing class in college, “one of only two freshmen,” she states […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The River Is Waiting’ by Wally Lamb
• July 20, 2026

Wally Lamb’s ‘The River Is Waiting’ is both searing and sensitive.  One of the most riveting epigraphs in American literature opens John O’Hara’s 1934 novel “Appointment in Samarra,” in which he borrows […]

Georgetown Village Turns 15 and Celebrates Kitty Kelley
• May 14, 2026

Georgetown Village marked its 15th anniversary by holding its annual gala at the historic City Tavern and honored the best of the best in Georgetown: author Kitty Kelley. Lynn Golub-Rofrano, […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life’ 
• May 12, 2026

The 19th-century suffragist remains controversial today.  The recipe seems simple: Multiply Abigail Adams by four, add Eleanor Roosevelt squared, throw in a dollop of Hillary Clinton and you have the formula for the […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York’ 
• April 14, 2026

An excessively detailed, not-so-titillating tale of 19th-century Manhattan.   The title of this book is a clever double entendre. “Strong Passions” refers to the scandalous divorce of a 19th-century couple named Strong, whose […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Judy Blume: A Life’ 
• March 10, 2026

An adoring ode to the beloved author.    All the little girls — now mothers and grandmothers — who grew up reading Judy Blume will celebrate this biography of the beloved […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Ain’t  Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton’ 
• February 10, 2026

We will always love her.   A biography of Dolly Parton ought to cartwheel out of bookstores. If ever there was a life story to celebrate, it’s the one about the little girl from […]