Arts & Society
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President’
Arts & Society
Kitty Kelley Book Club: Bill Maher’s ‘What This Comedian Said Will Shock You’
Arts
Kitty Kelley Book Club: Thinkin’ in the Bardo
Arts & Society
‘An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s’
Arts & Society
Kitty Kelley Book Club: You Can Rest in Peace in Georgetown, If You Can Afford It
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President’
August 14, 2024
•Edward F. O’Keefe argues that five women provided the ballast of Roosevelt’s life. The huge granite sculpture startles tourists. Looming like a ferocious behemoth — intimidating, almost frightening — the […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: Bill Maher’s ‘What This Comedian Said Will Shock You’
July 17, 2024
•The ‘Real Time’ host writes his best book to date. This is a smart book with a dumb title. Bill Maher dedicates “What This Comedian Said Will Shock You” to […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: Thinkin’ in the Bardo
June 12, 2024
•George Saunders did not want his tombstone to read: “Here lies a guy who never did what he wanted to do.” So in 2017, at the age of 59, having […]
‘An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s’
May 8, 2024
•Reviewed by Kitty Kelley An exquisite ode to a pivotal decade in America. The Bible’s “Parable of the Talents” (Matthew 25:14-30) instructs on how to live a worthwhile life. A […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: You Can Rest in Peace in Georgetown, If You Can Afford It
April 10, 2024
•If you live in Georgetown, you can sin and be saved in the same zip code. Bars and bistros border the 12 square blocks of this historic area, which also […]
Kitty Kelley: ‘The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians’
March 13, 2024
•A witty, mostly winning compilation of columnist Carlos Lozada’s previous work. It takes journalistic bravado to republish old columns and present them as timely or even worth rereading. The feat […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl’
February 14, 2024
•A devastating early memoir that spoke the truth about slavery. Reviewed by Kitty Kelley Any roll call of saints must include the name of Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897), who escaped from […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself?’
January 10, 2024
•A brash young author offers dubious advice to the crown. “After Elizabeth” purports to be the first life-saving buoy tossed to a drowning monarchy. “We’ve been conning ourselves,” writes […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: The Reward of Double Rainbows
December 6, 2023
•‘The Postcard’ delivers an immeasurable gift to readers. An “un-put-down-able” book is like a double rainbow — rare and oh so magical. Titles like “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Letters for the Ages: The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill’
October 10, 2023
•An edifying peek at what “Winny” wrote behind the scenes. Nazi troops began studying English phrasebooks to prepare for their invasion of Great Britain. France had fallen under Germany’s Blitzkrieg […]