Ada Calhoun
@adacalhoun.bsky.social
Debut novel #Crush out 2/25/25 from Viking Books. NYT bestselling #author of non-fiction including #AlsoaPoet #WhyWeCantSleep #StMarksIsDead
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Join us October 17-19 in downtown Brattleboro. You can't go wrong with any of these events! We love these books. #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 #AriaAber @jessicaanthony.bsky.social @williamboyle.bsky.social @adacalhoun.bsky.social @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social #TimothyCrellin #MarcyDermansky
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us October 17-19 in downtown Brattleboro. You can't go wrong with any of these events! We love these books. #brattleboroliteraryfestival2025 #AriaAber @jessicaanthony.bsky.social @williamboyle.bsky.social @adacalhoun.bsky.social @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social #TimothyCrellin #MarcyDermansky
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Join us in October to welcome @adacalhoun.bsky.social to the 2025 Festival! Her latest book, Crush, was published in February. Isaac Fitzgerald writes, "Crush marks Calhoun’s arrival as a novelist, and what an incredibly explosive arrival it is.” #AdaCalhoun #fiction #brattleboroliteraryfestival
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us in October to welcome @adacalhoun.bsky.social to the 2025 Festival! Her latest book, Crush, was published in February. Isaac Fitzgerald writes, "Crush marks Calhoun’s arrival as a novelist, and what an incredibly explosive arrival it is.” #AdaCalhoun #fiction #brattleboroliteraryfestival
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Today's #1000wordsofsummer contributing author is the great @adacalhoun.bsky.social! And she's talking to us about having confidence in our work. ❤️https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-6-1000wordsofsummer-2025
Day 7 #1000wordsofsummer 2025
Because doing your own work is important to you.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today's #1000wordsofsummer contributing author is the great @adacalhoun.bsky.social! And she's talking to us about having confidence in our work. ❤️https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-6-1000wordsofsummer-2025
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I feel like this is going to maybe break me. And I’m only on the introduction. @adacalhoun.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I feel like this is going to maybe break me. And I’m only on the introduction. @adacalhoun.bsky.social
Adored @lilitaylor.bsky.social ‘s gorgeous book about birds and life! Get it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743576...
May 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Adored @lilitaylor.bsky.social ‘s gorgeous book about birds and life! Get it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743576...
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Can you find Crush from the incomparable @adacalhoun.bsky.social on the shelves @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social? Of course! In her debut novel, Calhoun delves into the perils and pleasures of a midlife affair in this whip-smart, funny and fabulously honest look at a rebellious romance.
April 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Can you find Crush from the incomparable @adacalhoun.bsky.social on the shelves @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social? Of course! In her debut novel, Calhoun delves into the perils and pleasures of a midlife affair in this whip-smart, funny and fabulously honest look at a rebellious romance.
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Firecrackers from @adacalhoun.bsky.social and Aria Aber
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Firecrackers from @adacalhoun.bsky.social and Aria Aber
Can’t wait to read the new book, @elongreen.bsky.social !
Being on a list with @adacalhoun.bsky.social is pretty great.
March 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Can’t wait to read the new book, @elongreen.bsky.social !
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NBCC Co-Vice President/Events Lauren LeBlanc reviewed Ada Calhoun's "Crush" for The Boston Globe:
In Ada Calhoun’s ‘Crush,’ exploring the limits of marriage - The Boston Globe
Is the true love affair the one we have with ourselves?
buff.ly
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NBCC Co-Vice President/Events Lauren LeBlanc reviewed Ada Calhoun's "Crush" for The Boston Globe:
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Today on All Of It: We're celebrating debut novels!📚
- @adacalhoun.bsky.social's Crush
- @litmagreject.bsky.social’s Blob
-Alejandro Heredia’s Loca
-Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel
[email protected]'s Junie
Live at Noon @wnyc.org!
- @adacalhoun.bsky.social's Crush
- @litmagreject.bsky.social’s Blob
-Alejandro Heredia’s Loca
-Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel
[email protected]'s Junie
Live at Noon @wnyc.org!
February 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today on All Of It: We're celebrating debut novels!📚
- @adacalhoun.bsky.social's Crush
- @litmagreject.bsky.social’s Blob
-Alejandro Heredia’s Loca
-Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel
[email protected]'s Junie
Live at Noon @wnyc.org!
- @adacalhoun.bsky.social's Crush
- @litmagreject.bsky.social’s Blob
-Alejandro Heredia’s Loca
-Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel
[email protected]'s Junie
Live at Noon @wnyc.org!
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@adacalhoun.bsky.social argues in praise of the oft-maligned book blurb.
The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb
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 drive…
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
@adacalhoun.bsky.social argues in praise of the oft-maligned book blurb.
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180+ new books today.
Featuring three standalone novels:
- The Fourth Consort by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social
- Crush by Ada Calhoun @adacalhoun.bsky.social
- The Younger Woman by Cate Ray
Read more about these books and see all 180+ new books releasing today:
tinyurl.com/newbfeb25
#booksky
Featuring three standalone novels:
- The Fourth Consort by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social
- Crush by Ada Calhoun @adacalhoun.bsky.social
- The Younger Woman by Cate Ray
Read more about these books and see all 180+ new books releasing today:
tinyurl.com/newbfeb25
#booksky
New Book Releases Today: February 25th, 2025 - Book Notification
New Book Releases Today: February 25th, 2025 in Publication and Chronological Order. Mark books read, get notified on new books. Printable book lists.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
180+ new books today.
Featuring three standalone novels:
- The Fourth Consort by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social
- Crush by Ada Calhoun @adacalhoun.bsky.social
- The Younger Woman by Cate Ray
Read more about these books and see all 180+ new books releasing today:
tinyurl.com/newbfeb25
#booksky
Featuring three standalone novels:
- The Fourth Consort by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social
- Crush by Ada Calhoun @adacalhoun.bsky.social
- The Younger Woman by Cate Ray
Read more about these books and see all 180+ new books releasing today:
tinyurl.com/newbfeb25
#booksky
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In this Sunday's @bostonglobe.com Books section, a review of Crush by @adacalhoun.bsky.social by @laurenleblanc.bsky.social made us wonder if love and marriage and lust can co-exist
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/a...
In Ada Calhoun’s ‘Crush,’ exploring the limits of marriage - The Boston Globe
Is the true love affair the one we have with ourselves?
www.bostonglobe.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In this Sunday's @bostonglobe.com Books section, a review of Crush by @adacalhoun.bsky.social by @laurenleblanc.bsky.social made us wonder if love and marriage and lust can co-exist
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/a...
Got your blurb for the paperback cover right here, @vikingbooks.bsky.social
truly the horno-intellecto book of our time
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Got your blurb for the paperback cover right here, @vikingbooks.bsky.social
Love this @washingtonpost.com review by the great book critic @roncharles.bsky.social ! "Calhoun’s cleverest feat is blowing us along in this whirlwind of desire and possibility...." washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
There's even a The Awakening joke!
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
There's even a The Awakening joke!
Review | In ‘Crush,’ monogamy is put to the test
Ada Calhoun’s debut novel about a middle-aged wife and mother offers a wry critique of the sexual confines of marriage.
washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Love this @washingtonpost.com review by the great book critic @roncharles.bsky.social ! "Calhoun’s cleverest feat is blowing us along in this whirlwind of desire and possibility...." washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
There's even a The Awakening joke!
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
There's even a The Awakening joke!
@readbookpage.bsky.social ! ⭐️“Calhoun captures the giddy high of desire…this romp through a middle-aged crush... invites readers to lose themselves to the possibility of love taking unexpected shapes.”https://www.bookpage.com/books/crush-2/
BookPage coverage of 'Crush'
Full list of articles featuring Crush in BookPage.
www.bookpage.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
@readbookpage.bsky.social ! ⭐️“Calhoun captures the giddy high of desire…this romp through a middle-aged crush... invites readers to lose themselves to the possibility of love taking unexpected shapes.”https://www.bookpage.com/books/crush-2/
Wrote #crush mostly for an excuse to hang out with @taffyakner.bsky.social at @emmastraub.bsky.social ‘s bookstore. Join us! 2/26
Less than a month before I get to interview* my crush @adacalhoun.bsky.social for her debut novel, CRUSH.
*Unless I'm in a camp by then; what a day this has been.
Sign up here. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-a...
*Unless I'm in a camp by then; what a day this has been.
Sign up here. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-a...
In-Store: Ada Calhoun: Crush w/ Taffy Brodesser-Akner
"A gripping fever dream of a book leading the reading into the beguiling depths of desire, ecstasy, and obsession." —Molly Ringwald
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February 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Wrote #crush mostly for an excuse to hang out with @taffyakner.bsky.social at @emmastraub.bsky.social ‘s bookstore. Join us! 2/26
First novel out 2/25 from @vikingbooks.bsky.social A most anticipated book of 2025 according to Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle, Lit Hub, The Millions, Goodreads.
www.adacalhoun.com/crush
www.adacalhoun.com/crush
January 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
First novel out 2/25 from @vikingbooks.bsky.social A most anticipated book of 2025 according to Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle, Lit Hub, The Millions, Goodreads.
www.adacalhoun.com/crush
www.adacalhoun.com/crush