Ada Calhoun

New York

📚 NYT-bestselling author #StMarksIsDead ☠️ #WhyWeCantSleep 🎢 #WeddingToastsIllNeverGive 🍾 #AlsoaPoet 🗄️ #Crush ❤️ coming in 2025 📚

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'Crush,' by Ada Calhoun

Feb 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Ada Calhoun

The love child of Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love" and Carrie Bradshaw's "Sex and the City" column, Ada Calhoun's debut novel, "Crush," tells the promising story of an unnamed Gen X woman whose husband, Paul, suggests she kiss a few other men to regain her "sparkle." Slay, droned my rotted Gen Z brain on reading this. Unfortunately, not so. She spends the rest of the book trying not to cheat on him with a hot, nerdy religion professor named David, and feeling bad about it instead.
The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb

Feb 25, 2025 | lithub.com | Ada Calhoun

Late one Saturday night this fall, I hurtled through Cape Cod in a Sprinter van, dressed in a sparkly dress, on the way home from my friends Eric and Frank’s wedding. A fellow guest asked the driver to put on some music. “September” poured out of the speakers and we cheered. How did I wind up smiling tipsily and bobbing along with new friends to an Earth, Wind, and Fire song? Blurbing.
The Factual vs the True: A Guest Post by Ada Calhoun

Feb 25, 2025 | barnesandnoble.com | Ada Calhoun |Isabelle McConville

The Factual vs the True: A Guest Post by Ada Calhoun There’s nothing like the blood-rushing feel of a crush — especially when you’re married. Ada Calhoun’s latest is a gripping, witty and wry exploration of modern love and marriage. Read on for an exclusive essay from Calhoun on what led her to write Crush. Don’t stop there — check out this carefully curated Spotify playlist to pair perfectly with your reading.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Crush: A Novel' By Ada Calhoun

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Ada Calhoun |Penn Cole |Sophie Sullivan

The book is in stores Tuesday, Feb. 25th from Viking. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4gLDExjWhen a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them both—sex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possibleShe’s happy and settled and productive and content in her full life—a child, a career, an admirable marriage, deep friendships, happy parents, and a spouse she still loves.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Book Boyfriend: A Novel' By Emily Wibberley And Austin Siegemund-Broka

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Sophie Sullivan |Ada Calhoun

The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 25th from Berkley. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3AUDvYrJennifer Worth lives to escape into the world of her favorite romantasy series Elytheum Courts, where the romance is sweeping and the men are brave, chivalrous . . . and winged.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'An Island Of Suspects: A Brittany Novel' By Jean-Luc Bannalec

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Ada Calhoun |Emily Wibberley |Austin Siegemund-Broka

The book is in stores on Tuesday, Feb. 25th from Minotaur. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3Wddb3FInternational bestselling author Jean-Luc Bannalec’s Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team head to Breton paradise in An Island of Suspects. An August heat wave has all of Brittany in its grasp, and the only chance to cool down for Commissaire Georges Dupin is his daily swim in the ocean.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Close Your Eyes And Count To 10: A Novel' By Lisa Unger

Feb 20, 2025 | redcarpetcrash.com | Ada Calhoun |Emily Wibberley |Austin Siegemund-Broka

The book is in stores on Tuesday, Feb. 25th from Park Row. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/4fP1vuRAn extreme game of hide-and-seek turns deadly in this riveting new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa UngerWhen the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10? Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan invites you to the ultimate game of hide-and-seek.
When “Having It All” Becomes “Wanting a Divorce”

Feb 12, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ada Calhoun

When “Having It All” Becomes “Wanting a Divorce”Four years ago, I lay awake staring at the ceiling as my husband slept soundly. Where self-critical intrusive voices had once dominated my 3-to-4-a.m. angst hour (Did I embarrass myself at that party?), now there were new questions: Why have I been working so hard for so long? Why, when I’ve given …
When "Having It All" Becomes "Wanting a Divorce"

Feb 12, 2025 | time.com | Ada Calhoun

IdeasBy Ada CalhounFebruary 12, 2025 2:30 PM ESTCalhoun is the author of Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me. Her first novel, Crush, comes out 2/25/25Four years ago, I lay awake staring at the ceiling as my husband slept soundly. Where self-critical intrusive voices had once dominated my 3-to-4-a.m. angst hour (Did I embarrass myself at that party?), now there were new questions: Why have I been working so hard for so long?
Ada Calhoun's 'Crush: A Novel' Playlist

Feb 10, 2025 | bustle.com | Ada Calhoun

EntertainmentAda Calhoun, author of Crush: A Novel, shares the songs that soundtracked her new book — and capture that “odd liminal space between love and friendship.”by Ada CalhounFeb.