Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Yoko: A Biography’
• April 9, 2025

The artist was always so much more than Mrs. John Lennon.   Most biographers can only fantasize about unfettered access to their subjects — to know their thoughts and dreams and […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Fearless and Free: A Memoir’ by Josephine Baker  
• March 11, 2025

Josephine Baker (1906-1975) found fame in France in the 1920s as the American expat who danced in “a mere belt of bananas.” Ernest Hemingway described her as “the most sensational […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Memorial Days: A Memoir’
• February 5, 2025

The author will be speaking at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue on Wednesday, Feb. 19. “Memorial Days: A Memoir” by Geraldine Brooks is a spectacular ode to grieving and an elegant homage […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Dorothy Parker in Hollywood’ 
• January 15, 2025

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) is probably best known for her bon mots: “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses” and “Brevity is the soul of lingerie.” During a party […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Ninth Street Women’ 
• December 11, 2024

Curling up with a hefty book of almost 1,000 pages — dense with footnotes, endnotes, acknowledgments, an index and a bibliography — is like cuddling a St. Bernard: a challenging […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club : ‘John Lewis: A Life’ 
• November 13, 2024

A masterful biography is like a shooting star. It’s a celestial phenomenon that lights up the night sky and bestows a sense of wonder and excitement. Such a sensation occurs […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage’  
• October 9, 2024

 A Trump apologist values at least some of the U.S. Constitution.   Jonathan Turley road-tested an idea last year with a 45-page article entitled “The Right to Rage: Free Speech and […]

Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion’  
• September 11, 2024

A tour-de-force look at the doyennes of designer couture.   Given that women are the biggest buyers of books in America, and that the country boasts the largest apparel market in […]

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 […]