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‘King: A Life’: Separating the Man from the Myth
June 14, 2023
•They said one to another Behold here cometh the Dreamer Let us slay him And we shall see what will become of his dreams. – Genesis 37:19-20 These words […]
Kitty Kelley Gives $1 Million to Biographers International Organization
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Renowned biographer Kitty Kelley (“Oprah,” “The Royals”), has donated $1 million to the Biographers International Organization (BIO), beginning this month. The gift will be given in increments of $200,000 over […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy’
May 10, 2023
•Honoring the heroes of a little-known episode from WWII. Reviewed by Kitty Kelley “The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy” could be a magnificent film under the direction of Steven Spielberg with […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises’
April 12, 2023
•A literary critic admits his shortcomings. The writing life is full of potholes — long days and solitary nights followed by rewrites, rejections, and, for most, scant rewards. Upon publication […]
Of Inhuman Bondage: Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ Shines a Light on an Insidious Evil
February 8, 2023
•Colson Whitehead is to American literature what the Rolls-Royce is to automobiles: revered and unrivaled. Having published eight novels, two books of nonfiction, and numerous essays and short stories, the […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Shine,’ a Path to Stardom
January 5, 2023
•’Tis the season, and January is the time for New Year’s resolutions. So, in that spirit, Larry Thompson, a Hollywood magnate, offers his book, “SHINE: A Powerful 4-Step Plan for […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Shirley Hazzard: a Writing Life’
December 1, 2022
•An entertaining, edifying look at the underappreciated Australian author Shirley Hazzard’s first short-story submission was plucked from a slush pile of 30,000 unsolicited manuscripts at the New Yorker by fiction […]
David Bruce Smith’s Grateful American Book Award Honors Michelle Coles
November 9, 2022
•No one hosts a more spectacular dinner party for a better cause than David Bruce Smith. His heavy parchment invitations of exquisite calligraphy arrive each fall to announce his Grateful […]
Kitty Kelley Book Club: ‘Manifesto: On Never Giving Up’
October 12, 2022
•The Booker Prize-winning author owes it all to tenacity. And talent. Reviewed by Kitty Kelley If “perseverance is genius in disguise,” then Bernardine Evaristo is a 22-carat gold, diamond-encrusted genius. […]
‘Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom’
September 14, 2022
•A Riveting Saga That Belongs on the Silver Screen. Lights! Camera! Action! Andrew Nagorski’s “Saving Freud” ought to be coming to a theater near you. This nonfiction work crackles like […]