Ada Calhoun
Appearances & Tours
Past Appearances
NONFICTION: POETRY IS A FORCE
Join us for a conversation about writing nonfiction about poetry! It’s FREE, and anyone can register, though the target audience is librarians and educators!
Panelists:
Ada Calhoun, Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me, Grove Press: Grove Atlantic
Ross Gay, Joy Is a Force, Algonquin Books: Workman Publishing: Hachette Book Group
Robert Pinsky, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet, W. W. Norton: W. W. Norton & Company
Moderator: Barbara Hoffert, Editor, Prepub Alert, LJ
Thu, April 21, 2022
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
SpringCon - Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association
San Antonio, Texas
Also a Poet featured at SpringCon in San Antonio
THE QUICK PITCH: AUTHORS MEET BOOKSELLERS
Our author guests will rotate from table to table to give booksellers their best 4-minute pitches! Enjoy this fast-paced speed dating event, and discover a spectacular array of books and authors for your store.
In Conversation with Jeff Deutsch about IN PRAISE OF GOOD BOOKSTORES
Powell's Books Presents Jeff Deutsch in Conversation With Ada Calhoun
Do we need bookstores in the 21st century? If so, what makes a good one? In his beautifully written book, In Praise of Good Bookstores (Princeton), Jeff Deutsch — director of Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstores, one of the finest bookstores in the world — pays loving tribute to one of our most important and endangered civic institutions.
Why We Can't Sleep at LOYALTY BOOKS [virtually] in Washington D.C.!
Why We Can't Sleep at MAGERS & QUINN [virtually] in Minneapolis!
Why We Can't Sleep at LEFT BANK BOOKS in St. Louis [virtually] with Susannah Cahalan!
Why We Can't Sleep at BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ [virtually] with Liza Monroy!
Why We Can't Sleep at DENIZEN THEATRE - 2pm - ON (very socially distanced) STAGE with Margi Conklin and 12pm - livestreaming!
Why We Can't Sleep at FAMILY ACTION NETWORK in Chicago [virtually] with Dr. Deb Siegel-Acevedo!
WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP PAPERBACK IS OUT IN JANUARY 2021!
Westchester Community College's Virtual Afternoon Tea about Why We Can't Sleep and The Great Pretender
RevelEleven presents Under Pressure: Women's New Midlife Crisis
Moderating "Waking up from the American Dream": Eula Biss, Imani Perry, Stephanie Kelton
A Virtual Evening with Darcey Steinke in Conversation with Ada Calhoun
The Sob Sisters Host Judith Matloff, Lydia Denworth, Emma Copley Eisenberg, Lindsay Powers
"Deconstructing the Myths: Good Girls, Super Women, and Our Desire to Have it All"
Lemuria Books of Jackson, MS, Sob Sisters Event!
KINGSTON, NY- Sob Sisters at Rough Draft!
LOS ANGELES, CA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Conversation with Annabelle Gurwitch!
SAN ANTONIO, TX - AWP 2020 Grove Keynote with Sarah M. Broom!
CHICAGO, IL - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP at Rodfei Zedek Synagogue!
BROOKLYN, NY - Sob Sisters Science Night at WORD Brooklyn!
ATLANTA, GA-WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Talk at The Lola!
MIAMI, FL - Teaching a non-fiction publishing workshop for the Miami Book Fair! Limited to 15 participants!
MIAMI, FL - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP at Books & Books for the Miami Book Fair with Lissette Mendez!
ASHEVILLE, NC - CRAFT author conversation series with Denise Kiernan about WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP!
BOSTON, MA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP event with Alysia Abbott and the Boston Book Festival at The Wing! *SOLD OUT*
RICHMOND, VA - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP Talk and Reception with the Junior League of Richmond!
WASHINGTON, D.C. - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP reading and Gen X Party at SOLID STATE!
NYC - WHY WE CAN'T SLEEP LAUNCH! With fellow Sob Sisters Susannah Cahalan and Karen Abbott, and wine.
Sun, October 27, 2019
NYPL
(MAP)
Members' Evening with Maureen Callahan at the NYPL
Boston Book Festival - Panel discussion with Candace Bushnell, moderated by Robin Young of WBUR
Fri, October 4, 2019
Appearing at the Heartland, PNBA, and MPIBA Shows
Hosting the Launch of Karen Abbott's The Ghosts of Eden Park
Hosting Sob Sisters True Crime Night at WORD
SOB SISTERS hosting Susan Orlean at BOOKS ARE MAGIC!
WEDDING TOASTS I'LL NEVER GIVE READING at the MIAMI BOOK FAIR
SOB SISTERS BAR NIGHT for the MIAMI BOOK FAIR. Co-hosting a reading of and about women reporters, in Little Havana! DJ to follow.
HOLLYWOOD, CA - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - West Coast Paperback Book Launch! With Carlene Bauer (Frances and Bernard). Free Champagne and Snacks!
NEW YORK, NY - St. Marks Is Dead - W.O.(e).R.D Woman of Experience Read Downtown. Hosted by Heather Litteer
BROOKLYN, NY - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Paperback Book Launch! With Susannah Cahalan (Brain on Fire) and Neal Medlyn. Free Champagne and Snacks!
PORTLAND, ME - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give Reading, in conversation with Mira Ptacin.
MIAMI, FL - Miami Writers Institute - Memoir Workshop: From Brainstorming to Final Edits. Also doing a Craft Talk 5/10 at 3pm and a Reading 5/11 at 1:30pm.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Solving for Gen-X: High Achievers and the New Midlife Crisis - Milken Institute Conference - Conference Attendees Only
Wed, December 13, 2017
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Our Wicked Lady
Brooklyn, NY
Reading at the Mixer Reading Series in Bushwick
Miami Book Fair - Essay and Memoir Panel w/ Dani Shapiro
CHICAGO - Wedding Toasts Reading at 57th Street Books
WISCONSIN BOOK FESTIVAL: Reading at A Room of One's Own
FALL FOR THE BOOK FESTIVAL: In the Mood for Love - Panel with Lindsay Detwiler and Katy Upperman about the art of writing about L-O-V-E across genres.
BALTIMORE BOOK FESTIVAL: Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give Reading on the Inner Harbor Stage
BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT: Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series Presents Native New Yorkers
AJC DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL: Toasting the Beautiful Complexity of Marriage with Michael Ruhlman and Ann Hood. Plus Courtney Patterson will give a reading from the book at 4:15pm.
LONDON, ENGLAND - In conversation with Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, Eleanor Mills!
LONDON, ENGLAND - How To Academy: How to Stay Married. Ticket price includes a glass of wine!
BROOKLYN: Reading at Books Are Magic with Dani Shapiro; moderated by Julie Scelfo!
WASHINGTON, DC: EAST CITY BOOKSHOP - In Conversation with Latoya Peterson! Reading, drinks, Q&A!
WASHINGTON, DC: Sixth & I Synagogue with Modern Love editor Dan Jones and fellow ML alum Mandy Len Catron! Tickets on sale now!
NYC: 92nd STREET Y – Educational Event with Q&A! - $25 Admission
WOODSTOCK, NY: With Sparrow and Violet Snow at The Golden Notebook!
BOVINA, NY: Reading at the Bovina Library 100th Anniversary Party! (Bovina is where a disproportionate number of events in the book take place.) Champagne for all!
NYC: JOE’S PUB - Storytelling at the House of Speakeasy: “By the Light of the Moon”!
NEW JERSEY: MAPLEWOOD-SOUTH ORANGE BOOK FESTIVAL - in conversation with the incredible Karen Abbott!
NEW ORLEANS: Room 220 Event at the French Quarter Wedding Chapel, with wedding cake!
CHICAGO: CITY LIT BOOKS – Love: Fantasy vs. Reality — a conversation with Christine Sneed, moderated by Rachel Swearingen!
CAMBRIDGE, MA: OUT OF THE BLUE GALLERY TOO - Reading at the Dire Literary Series, with Ben Berman!
BOSTON, MA: POP-UP READING at MINILUXE on NEWBURY ST. with ALYSIA ABBOTT and MEREDITH GOLDSTEIN
PHILADELPHIA:! A talk about marriage at the historic Hill-Physick House! Wine and snacks served. All are welcome!
LOS ANGELES: SKYLIGHT BOOKS - Talking about marriage and essay-ing with the great Davy Rothbart (author of one of my favorite books of recent years, _My Heart Is an Idiot_)!
BERKELEY, CA: MRS. DALLOWAY’S – In conversation with phenomenal historian and lovely person T.J. Stiles!
