Tag: The Literary Hill
Summer Heats Up with Engrossing Reads
If you need to beat the July heat, the four books reviewed in this month’s column– an alternative history about the courtship of JFK...
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As schools begin to let out, it’s time to stack up a few riveting reads for the long and lazy days of summer. This...
Rambling, Surviving, Painting: Underlife Times Three, DC 2020
The events that shook DC in 2020 are the backdrop for each of this month’s stories. Each offers unique insider’s perspectives ‒ razor wire...
White Knights in the Black Orchestra
Germany in the 1930s was a terrifying place to be. After Hitler assumed power, Jews were indiscriminately beaten, books banned, journalists expelled, and even...
Planting, Growing, Harvest, Rest
Is there anything that better captures the character of an area than how its people produce, prepare, and share food? Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen...
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Top Dog
Meet Milton, Capitol Hill’s self-proclaimed “Top Dog.” As a 16-year-old elder statesman (112 in dog years), he firmly believes that his age and...
Exhibit A: Behind the Scenes at the Smithsonian
Next time you visit a Smithsonian Museum exhibition, you might want to think about what went on behind the scenes to bring it to...
The Hundred Choices Department Store
In “The Hundred Choices Department Store,” a novel for young readers (grades 4 to 7), Ginger Park paints a bleak but inspiring picture of...
Rising Tides: Wennersten Assesses Fight Against Climate Change
In 2017, John R. Wennersten and Denise Robbins issued a dire warning in their book, “Rising Tides: Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century.” They...
Not Strictly A Memoir: Jill Strachan’s Honest Look Back
Jill P. Strachan offers this caveat to readers in the preface to her new book: “It is not strictly a memoir.” But the rich...
