Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Summer Friend: A Memoir’
• June 15, 2022

 A heartfelt, guarded ode to a seasonal pal.   The spectacular cover of Charles McGrath’s “The Summer Friend” deserves its own trophy. It shows a photograph of an apricot sun setting […]

‘George Soros: A Life in Full’ An uneven look at an extraordinary man.   
• May 16, 2022

George Soros, now 91, cites 1944 as the best year of his life. He was 14 years old, living as a non-practicing Jew under the Nazis in Hungary, and hiding […]

Following Martin Luther King, Jr.: Atlanta to Memphis
• April 13, 2022

“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
• March 31, 2022

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’  
• February 9, 2022

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’   
• January 12, 2022

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’  
• November 10, 2021

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
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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
• October 25, 2021

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’   
• October 14, 2021

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 […]