Following Martin Luther King, Jr.: Atlanta to Memphis
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote the poet, T.S. Eliot, and for those following Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1968 was the cruelest day. At 6:01 pm on that […]
8 Showcases for 2022 Georgetown House Tour
The stage has been set, and with eight making the list for the 2022 Georgetown House Tour, tour officials and volunteers met at the R Street home of Avery Miller […]
‘Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness’
A former officer of the court reveals that justice is hardly blind. With the publication of “Just Pursuit,” Laura Coates takes her place in a pantheon with Frank Serpico, who blew […]
‘John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations’
The late congressman’s star continues to shine. Reviewed by Kitty Kelley A hero is someone who can be admired without apology: no excuses, no explanations. A rara avis such as Nelson Mandela, Mother […]
‘There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century’
The foreign-policy expert sees parallels between her lower-class roots and the hurdles facing today’s workers. England is strangled by its pernicious class system. Even in 2021, the country’s rigid social […]
Fiona Hill at Q&A Cafe Nov. 16; Kitty Kelley Book Review Included
Fiona Hill will be interviewed at the Q&A Cafe, Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the George Town Club. Hill has a new book, “There Is Nothing For You Here,” that traces […]
Citizens Reunite to ‘Love Where We Live’ at Historic Home, Raise $100,000
After more than a year of living through a pandemic, members, supporters and friends of the Citizens Association of Georgetown gathered at the historic N Street home of Diana Prince […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence’
Reviewed by Kitty Kelley An instructive but dry treatise on a grim subject. Despite their mutual animosity, Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill will be forever linked as a result of […]
‘First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents’: Presidential BFFs Receive Recognition in a Romp of a Read
Imagine you are a contestant on “Jeopardy!” and you select “Presidents and Their Female Friends” for $200. The host says: “This 20th-century president was known for his close relationships with […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Blind Man’s Bluff: A Memoir’
Some memoirs flicker like fireflies on a summer night. Others pierce your psyche with their subjects’ tortured experiences, consequent miseries and — finally — their oh-so-glorious survival. “The Story of […]