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Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Lost in Ghost Town’
May 4, 2020
•Author Carder Stout’s name will resonate with Georgetowners who remember his family from when they lived in a mansion at 31st and P Streets.
Kitty Kelley Book Club: The Silent Justice’s Deafening Opinions
April 22, 2020
•Clarence Thomas, the longest-sitting justice on the current Supreme Court, is referred to as the silent one because he hardly speaks during oral arguments. Instead, he sits quietly in his […]
‘Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best’
April 8, 2020
•In 1938, as author Neal Bascomb describes, the Grand Prix came down to: Dreyfus versus Caracciola, Delahaye versus Mercedes, France versus Germany, Good versus Evil.
‘In the Land of Men: A Memoir’
March 26, 2020
•AN EDITOR REFLECTS ON HER TIME SPENT AT ESQUIRE — AND IN THRALL TO DAVID FOSTER WALLACE Adrienne Miller does not mince words when she dictates the duty of book […]
The Club Savors ‘This Is Happiness’
February 26, 2020
•In sharing the experience of reading Niall Williams’s latest novel, “This Is Happiness,” a Georgetown book club also shared the pleasure of their friendship.“ I loved reading this book because, […]
‘The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties’
February 12, 2020
•SOLID WRITING AND RESEARCH ASIDE, THIS JEREMIAD ABOUT OUR CHANGING NATIONAL LANDSCAPE REVEALS THE AUTHOR’S BITTERNESS In the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment illuminated the world of ideas throughout […]
‘She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement’
January 30, 2020
•UNTANGLING HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S WEB OF DECEIT Reviewed by Kitty Kelley “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, landed with […]
‘The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians’
January 15, 2020
•THIS COMPELLING COMPILATION LOOKS AT SOME OF THE PIVOTAL FIGURES WHO SHAPED OUR NATION For those who love history and enjoy biography, David M. Rubenstein has delivered a masterstroke with […]
Christmas at the White House Is Dazzling
December 18, 2019
•Christmas at the White House this year dazzles with gold ribbons and sparking lights, fir boughs, fir wreaths and the delicious scent of 33 fir trees. Crystal stars sparkle above […]
A London Theater Tour With Arena Stage
December 4, 2019
•The tour offered six plays, two operas, three art galleries, a tour of Tate Modern, coffee with an art collector, lunch in the House of Lords, fish and chips at a gastropub and a trip to Shakespeare’s birthplace.