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[[File:Vllzcalhoun.png|thumb|right|160px|Ada Calhoun]]
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'''Ada Calhoun''' (born Ada Calhoun Schjeldahl, March 17, 1976) is an American [[non-fiction]] author. She is the author of ''[[St. Marks Is Dead]]'', a history of [[St. Mark's Place]] in [[East Village, Manhattan]], New York, ''[[Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give]]'', a book of essays about marriage, and of ''[[Why We Can't Sleep]]'', a book about Generation X women and their struggles. She has also been a critic, serving as a frequent contributor to ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/ada%20calhoun |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Articles by Ada Calhoun |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> a co-author and ghostwriter, having collaborated on three books by [[Tim Gunn]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tim-Gunns-Fashion-Bible/Tim-Gunn/9781451643879 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |title=Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible listing |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> and a freelance essayist and reporter. A ''Village Voice'' profile in 2015 said: "Her CV can seem as though it were cobbled together from the résumés of three ambitious journalists."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
'''Ada Calhoun''' (born Ada Calhoun Schjeldahl, March 17, 1976) is an American [[non-fiction]] author. She is the author of ''[[St. Marks Is Dead]]'', a history of [[St. Mark's Place]] in [[East Village, Manhattan]], New York, ''[[Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give]]'', a book of essays about marriage, and of ''[[Why We Can't Sleep]]'', a book about Generation X women and their struggles. She has also been a critic, serving as a frequent contributor to ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'';<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/ada%20calhoun |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Articles by Ada Calhoun |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> a co-author and ghostwriter, having collaborated on three books by [[Tim Gunn]];<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tim-Gunns-Fashion-Bible/Tim-Gunn/9781451643879 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |title=Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible listing |date=11 September 2012 |isbn=9781451643879 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> and a freelance essayist and reporter. A ''Village Voice'' profile in 2015 said: "Her CV can seem as though it were cobbled together from the résumés of three ambitious journalists."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |date=27 October 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==


Calhoun grew up on St. Marks Place in [[East Village, Manhattan]]. She is the only child of art critic [[Peter Schjeldahl]] and actress Brooke Alderson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> They appear as characters in her book ''St. Marks Is Dead'', which she dedicates to them. She has written in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' about a childhood fascination with the suburbs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/the-summer-i-discovered-suburbia.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=The Summer I Discovered Suburbia |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> As a teenager, she traveled through India and met [[Mother Teresa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/opinion/rooting-for-mother-teresa.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=Rooting for Mother Teresa |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She changed her name in 1998 to avoid comparison to her father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/ada-calhoun-self-discovery |magazine=[[O Magazine]] |title=Call Me What You Will |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
Calhoun grew up on St. Marks Place in [[East Village, Manhattan]]. She is the only child of art critic [[Peter Schjeldahl]] and actress Brooke Alderson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |date=27 October 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> They appear as characters in her book ''St. Marks Is Dead'', which she dedicates to them. She has written in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' about a childhood fascination with the suburbs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/magazine/the-summer-i-discovered-suburbia.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=The Summer I Discovered Suburbia |date=22 August 2013 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> As a teenager, she traveled through India and met [[Mother Teresa]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/opinion/rooting-for-mother-teresa.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=Rooting for Mother Teresa |date=12 July 2013 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> She changed her name in 1998 to avoid comparison to her father.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/ada-calhoun-self-discovery |magazine=[[O Magazine]] |title=Call Me What You Will |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>


==Writing==
==Writing==


As a reporter, she has written about imprisoned women in Alabama,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/magazine/the-criminalization-of-bad-mothers.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=Mommy Had to Go Away for A While |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> the rap star [[Bobby Shmurda]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6472767/bobby-shmurda-talks-from-jail |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Bobby Shmurda Speaks Out |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> and the rise of DIY abortions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/111368/the-rise-diy-abortions |work=[[The New Republic|New Republic]] |title=The Rise of DIY Abortions |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She has also written personal essays, including three for ''[[The New York Times]]'' "Modern Love" column, and four for ''The New York Times Magazine''<nowiki/>'s "Lives" column. ''The New York Times'' named her essay "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give" its 41st most read story of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/09/upshot/top-stories.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> In fall 2016, W.W. Norton announced that it would publish a collection of related essays in spring 2017, called ''Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adacalhoun.com/wedding-toasts-ill-ne |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=September 27, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In October 2017, Oprah.com published her article "The New Midlife Crisis."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/sp/new-midlife-crisis.html |publisher=[[Oprah.com]] |title=The New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> [[Chartbeat]] named the article the internet's 55th-most-read story of 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2017.chartbeat.com/stories |publisher=Chartbeat |title=2017 |accessdate=May 31, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
As a reporter, she has written about imprisoned women in Alabama,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/magazine/the-criminalization-of-bad-mothers.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |title=Mommy Had to Go Away for A While |date=25 April 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> the rap star [[Bobby Shmurda]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6472767/bobby-shmurda-talks-from-jail |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title=Bobby Shmurda Speaks Out |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> and the rise of DIY abortions.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/111368/the-rise-diy-abortions |magazine=[[The New Republic|New Republic]] |title=The Rise of DIY Abortions |date=21 December 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> She has also written personal essays, including three for ''[[The New York Times]]'' "Modern Love" column, and four for ''The New York Times Magazine''<nowiki/>'s "Lives" column. ''The New York Times'' named her essay "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give" its 41st most read story of 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/09/upshot/top-stories.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent |date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Astles |first1=Ari Isaacman |last2=Bhaskar |first2=Samarth |last3=Debelius |first3=Danny }}</ref> In fall 2016, W.W. Norton announced that it would publish a collection of related essays in spring 2017, called ''Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://adacalhoun.com/wedding-toasts-ill-ne |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=September 27, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In October 2017, Oprah.com published her article "The New Midlife Crisis."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/sp/new-midlife-crisis.html |publisher=[[Oprah.com]] |title=The New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> [[Chartbeat]] named the article the internet's 55th-most-read story of 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://2017.chartbeat.com/stories |publisher=Chartbeat |title=2017 |accessdate=May 31, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


===''St. Marks Is Dead''===
===''St. Marks Is Dead''===


Her book ''[[St. Marks Is Dead]]'' was published by [[W.W. Norton & Company]] in 2015. She wrote an op-ed that fall that explained her anti-nostalgic feelings about cities and change:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/my-city-was-gone-or-was-it.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Op-Ed: My City Was Gone. (Or Was It?) |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
Her book ''[[St. Marks Is Dead]]'' was published by [[W.W. Norton & Company]] in 2015. She wrote an op-ed that fall that explained her anti-nostalgic feelings about cities and change:<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/my-city-was-gone-or-was-it.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Op-Ed: My City Was Gone. (Or Was It?) |date=31 October 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref>
{{Quote|When I asked nostalgic people to name the street’s golden era, they cited a range of years — often falling between 1960 and 1982, but sometimes 1945, or 1958, or 2012. A Vassar student told me that St. Marks Place died with the fairly recent closing of the Starbucks at Cooper Union. "I came back from break," he said, "and it was gone. We used to hang out there and get cups and fill them with strawberry champagne and feel glamorous. There’s no room for life to be lived there now." I began to notice a pattern: The years people said the city was at its best almost always coincided with when they themselves were at their hottest.|}}
{{Quote|When I asked nostalgic people to name the street’s golden era, they cited a range of years — often falling between 1960 and 1982, but sometimes 1945, or 1958, or 2012. A Vassar student told me that St. Marks Place died with the fairly recent closing of the Starbucks at Cooper Union. "I came back from break," he said, "and it was gone. We used to hang out there and get cups and fill them with strawberry champagne and feel glamorous. There’s no room for life to be lived there now." I began to notice a pattern: The years people said the city was at its best almost always coincided with when they themselves were at their hottest.|}}


''St. Marks Is Dead'' was a ''New York Times Editors''’ Pick, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] Book of the Month, and named one of the best books of the year by ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amny.com/secrets-of-new-york/secrets-of-st-marks-place-the-short-nyc-street-is-long-on-history-1.11600806 |publisher=[[AM New York]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead: Kirkus Review |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/12/04/the-best-books/pbHAwhg02UDEyRf95kIQiK/story.html?event=event25 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |title=The best books of 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Orlando Weekly]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://photos.orlandoweekly.com/spend-your-vacation-days-reading-the-best-books-that-came-out-in-2015/?slide=18&bestbooks10 |work=[[Orlando Weekly]] |title=Spend your vacation days reading the best books that came out in 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> the ''[[New York Post]]''. The ''[[Village Voice]]'' called it, "The Best Nonfiction Book About New York, 2015," and said, "With ''St. Marks Is Dead'', Ada Calhoun just became the most important new voice on old New York."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/best-of/2015/arts-and-entertainment/best-book-about-new-york-nonfiction-7781625 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street BEST BOOK ABOUT NEW YORK (NONFICTION) |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
''St. Marks Is Dead'' was a ''New York Times Editors''’ Pick, [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] Book of the Month, and named one of the best books of the year by ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amny.com/secrets-of-new-york/secrets-of-st-marks-place-the-short-nyc-street-is-long-on-history-1.11600806 |publisher=[[AM New York]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead: Kirkus Review |date=28 March 2016 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/12/04/the-best-books/pbHAwhg02UDEyRf95kIQiK/story.html?event=event25 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |title=The best books of 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Orlando Weekly]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://photos.orlandoweekly.com/spend-your-vacation-days-reading-the-best-books-that-came-out-in-2015/?slide=18&bestbooks10 |work=[[Orlando Weekly]] |title=Spend your vacation days reading the best books that came out in 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> the ''[[New York Post]]''. The ''[[Village Voice]]'' called it, "The Best Nonfiction Book About New York, 2015," and said, "With ''St. Marks Is Dead'', Ada Calhoun just became the most important new voice on old New York."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/best-of/2015/arts-and-entertainment/best-book-about-new-york-nonfiction-7781625 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street BEST BOOK ABOUT NEW YORK (NONFICTION) |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>


''[[The Atlantic]]'' wrote: "Timely, provocative, and stylishly written …Calhoun’s book serves as a welcome corrective to that rallying cry [that gentrification is bad], and to the tendency to romanticize New York City in the 1970s, when the city was far more riotous and permissive than it is now. … Her aplomb, in fact, is precisely what the discussion needs. Her portrait of neighborhood resilience might suggest more temperate proposals for an increasingly polarized debate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/ada-calhoun-review-st-marks-is-dead-new-york-gentrification/413815/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead and the Complexity of Gentrification |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>"
''[[The Atlantic]]'' wrote: "Timely, provocative, and stylishly written …Calhoun’s book serves as a welcome corrective to that rallying cry [that gentrification is bad], and to the tendency to romanticize New York City in the 1970s, when the city was far more riotous and permissive than it is now. … Her aplomb, in fact, is precisely what the discussion needs. Her portrait of neighborhood resilience might suggest more temperate proposals for an increasingly polarized debate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/ada-calhoun-review-st-marks-is-dead-new-york-gentrification/413815/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |title=St. Marks Is Dead and the Complexity of Gentrification |date=4 November 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>"
''The New York Times Book Review'' said, "Calhoun, who grew up on St. Mark’s Place, is careful not to romanticize any one era of the East Village (which serves as a suitable proxy for much of New York City during the past century). ''St. Marks Is Dead'' is an ecstatic roll call."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/books/review/st-marks-is-dead-by-ada-calhoun.html |work=[[The New York Post]] |title='St. Marks Is Dead,' by Ada Calhoun |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
''The New York Times Book Review'' said, "Calhoun, who grew up on St. Mark’s Place, is careful not to romanticize any one era of the East Village (which serves as a suitable proxy for much of New York City during the past century). ''St. Marks Is Dead'' is an ecstatic roll call."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/books/review/st-marks-is-dead-by-ada-calhoun.html |work=[[The New York Post]] |title='St. Marks Is Dead,' by Ada Calhoun |date=4 December 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016|last1=Frere-Jones |first1=Sasha }}</ref>


===''Weddings Toasts I'll Never Give''===
===''Weddings Toasts I'll Never Give''===


''[[Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give]]'' is a memoir by Calhoun about marriage. It was inspired by the success of her "Modern Love" column in ''[[The New York Times]]'', "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give,"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/fashion/the-wedding-toast-ill-never-give.html?hpw&rref=fashion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give (Updated With Podcast) |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref> which the paper named one of its most-read stories of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/09/upshot/top-stories.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref> The book was released on May 16, 2017 by [[W. W. Norton & Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Wedding-Toasts-Ill-Never-Give/ |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
''[[Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give]]'' is a memoir by Calhoun about marriage. It was inspired by the success of her "Modern Love" column in ''[[The New York Times]]'', "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give,"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/fashion/the-wedding-toast-ill-never-give.html?hpw&rref=fashion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give (Updated With Podcast) |date=16 July 2015 |accessdate=May 1, 2017|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> which the paper named one of its most-read stories of 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/09/upshot/top-stories.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent |date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=May 1, 2017|last1=Astles |first1=Ari Isaacman |last2=Bhaskar |first2=Samarth |last3=Debelius |first3=Danny }}</ref> The book was released on May 16, 2017 by [[W. W. Norton & Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Wedding-Toasts-Ill-Never-Give/ |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>


In the book, Calhoun presents seven personal essays, framed as "toasts", that discuss topics such as infidelity, existential anxiety, fighting in rental cars, and the "soul mates" ideal.
In the book, Calhoun presents seven personal essays, framed as "toasts", that discuss topics such as infidelity, existential anxiety, fighting in rental cars, and the "soul mates" ideal.
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''Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give'' was praised in pre-publication reviews. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' calls it "A humorous, realistic, and loving look at marriage....Each essay mixes components of memoir and self-help, drawing on insight from Calhoun’s own marriage as well as the wise thoughts of clergymen and lessons learned from long-married couples." ''[[Library Journal]]'' said "Alternating between hilarious personal anecdote and sobering professional insight, this memoir conveys perhaps the simplest lesson ever given about learning to make a marriage last: just don’t get divorced. Her other great contribution to the literature on marital happiness might be her explanation of why fights in cars are the worst: you cannot storm off."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/enwiki/w/wedding-toasts-ill-never-give-ada-calhoun/1124598171|title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun, Hardcover|work=[[Barnes & Noble]]|accessdate= May 12, 2017}}</ref> The book received blurbs from [[Molly Ringwald]], Susannah Cahalan, Karen Abbott, [[Phillip Lopate]], Carlene Bauer, Davy Rothbart, Leah Carroll, Kathryn Hahn, Gretchen Rubin, Emma Straub, and Rebecca Traister.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adacalhoun.com/news/amazing-blurbs-for-wedding-toasts-ill-never-give |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
''Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give'' was praised in pre-publication reviews. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' calls it "A humorous, realistic, and loving look at marriage....Each essay mixes components of memoir and self-help, drawing on insight from Calhoun’s own marriage as well as the wise thoughts of clergymen and lessons learned from long-married couples." ''[[Library Journal]]'' said "Alternating between hilarious personal anecdote and sobering professional insight, this memoir conveys perhaps the simplest lesson ever given about learning to make a marriage last: just don’t get divorced. Her other great contribution to the literature on marital happiness might be her explanation of why fights in cars are the worst: you cannot storm off."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/enwiki/w/wedding-toasts-ill-never-give-ada-calhoun/1124598171|title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun, Hardcover|work=[[Barnes & Noble]]|accessdate= May 12, 2017}}</ref> The book received blurbs from [[Molly Ringwald]], Susannah Cahalan, Karen Abbott, [[Phillip Lopate]], Carlene Bauer, Davy Rothbart, Leah Carroll, Kathryn Hahn, Gretchen Rubin, Emma Straub, and Rebecca Traister.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adacalhoun.com/news/amazing-blurbs-for-wedding-toasts-ill-never-give |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref>


Reviews in the ''New York Times Book Review'', ''The Washington Post'', and elsewhere, were overall positive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adacalhoun.com/wedding-toasts-ill-never-give |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' "Modern Love" column published the first serial excerpt on April 23, 2017 as "To Stay Married, Embrace Change."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/style/modern-love-to-stay-married-embrace-change.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=To Stay Married, Embrace Change |accessdate=May 1, 2017}}</ref> The book was featured on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/video/author-reveals-secrets-of-lasting-marriage-underreacting-to-problems-976961091915|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|TODAY]] |title=Author Reveals Secret to Lasting Marriage: Underreacting to Problems |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> In the "By the Book" column of ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', [[Tom Hanks]] replied to the question "What was the last book that made you laugh?" with: "Ada Calhoun’s 'Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give.' I mean, underlining and yellow marker bust-out laughs."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/books/review/tom-hanks-by-the-book.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times Book Review]] |title=Tom Hanks: By the Book |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
Reviews in the ''New York Times Book Review'', ''The Washington Post'', and elsewhere, were overall positive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adacalhoun.com/wedding-toasts-ill-never-give |publisher=Ada Calhoun |title=Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> ''The New York Times'' "Modern Love" column published the first serial excerpt on April 23, 2017 as "To Stay Married, Embrace Change."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/style/modern-love-to-stay-married-embrace-change.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=To Stay Married, Embrace Change |date=21 April 2017 |accessdate=May 1, 2017|last1=Calhoun |first1=Ada }}</ref> The book was featured on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/video/author-reveals-secrets-of-lasting-marriage-underreacting-to-problems-976961091915|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|TODAY]] |title=Author Reveals Secret to Lasting Marriage: Underreacting to Problems |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref> In the "By the Book" column of ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', [[Tom Hanks]] replied to the question "What was the last book that made you laugh?" with: "Ada Calhoun’s 'Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give.' I mean, underlining and yellow marker bust-out laughs."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/books/review/tom-hanks-by-the-book.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times Book Review]] |title=Tom Hanks: By the Book |date=13 October 2017 |accessdate=May 31, 2018}}</ref>


===''Why We Can't Sleep''===
===''Why We Can't Sleep''===


''[[Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis]]'' is a [[nonfiction]] book by Calhoun about [[Generation X]] women and their struggles, sometimes leading to a [[midlife crisis]], including divorce, debt, unstable housing, and career development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis |work=[[Library Journal]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> It builds upon her popular essay for ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]'', "The New Midlife Crisis for Women".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/sp/new-midlife-crisis.html |work=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]] |title=The New Midlife Crisis for Women: Why (and How) It's Hitting Gen X Women|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref> Calhoun interviewed more than 200 women across America about their experiences and was fascinated how Gen-X women responded and coped with these struggles physically and mentally, inspiring her to understand why with research from the [[Center for Economic and Policy Research]] and [[Harvard]]’s Equality of Opportunity Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8021-4785-1 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> The book was released on January 7, 2020 by [[Grove Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://groveatlantic.com/book/why-we-cant-sleep/ |publisher=[[Grove Atlantic]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref>
''[[Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis]]'' is a [[nonfiction]] book by Calhoun about [[Generation X]] women and their struggles, sometimes leading to a [[midlife crisis]], including divorce, debt, unstable housing, and career development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis |work=[[Library Journal]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> It builds upon her popular essay for ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine]]'', "The New Midlife Crisis for Women".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/sp/new-midlife-crisis.html |work=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]] |title=The New Midlife Crisis for Women: Why (and How) It's Hitting Gen X Women|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref> Calhoun interviewed more than 200 women across America about their experiences and was fascinated how Gen-X women responded and coped with these struggles physically and mentally, inspiring her to understand why with research from the [[Center for Economic and Policy Research]] and [[Harvard]]’s Equality of Opportunity Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8021-4785-1 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> The book was released on January 7, 2020 by [[Grove Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://groveatlantic.com/book/why-we-cant-sleep/ |publisher=[[Grove Atlantic]] |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref>


Reviews have been mixed. ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''’s Curtis Sittenfeld called Calhoun "a funny, smart, compassionate narrator…taking women’s concerns seriously" but also "wished Calhoun had included fewer women’s stories but gone into those stories in greater detail."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/review/ada-calhoun-why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Gen X Women: More Opportunities, Less Satisfaction? |accessdate=January 21, 2020}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'''s Emily Bobrow gave the book mixed reviews, finding "many of its grumbles reassuringly familiar" but calling the book "a little whiny" and stating that Calhoun is "not above cherry-picking statistics."<ref>{{cite web |last=Bobrow |first=Emily |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-we-cant-sleep-review-uncertain-at-a-certain-age-11578354904 |title='Why We Can't Sleep' Review: Uncertain at a Certain Age |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> The book had a 3.86/5 rating on Goodreads {{as of|March 2020}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/46819016-why-we-can-t-sleep |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
Reviews have been mixed. ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''’s Curtis Sittenfeld called Calhoun "a funny, smart, compassionate narrator…taking women’s concerns seriously" but also "wished Calhoun had included fewer women’s stories but gone into those stories in greater detail."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/review/ada-calhoun-why-we-cant-sleep-womens-new-midlife-crisis.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Gen X Women: More Opportunities, Less Satisfaction? |date=7 January 2020 |accessdate=January 21, 2020|last1=Sittenfeld |first1=Curtis }}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'''s Emily Bobrow gave the book mixed reviews, finding "many of its grumbles reassuringly familiar" but calling the book "a little whiny" and stating that Calhoun is "not above cherry-picking statistics."<ref>{{cite web |last=Bobrow |first=Emily |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-we-cant-sleep-review-uncertain-at-a-certain-age-11578354904 |title='Why We Can't Sleep' Review: Uncertain at a Certain Age |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> The book had a 3.86/5 rating on Goodreads {{as of|March 2020}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/46819016-why-we-can-t-sleep |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==


In 2004, Calhoun married Jerry Neal Medlin,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/style/weddings-celebrations-ada-schjeldahl-jerry-medlin.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Ada Schjeldahl, Jerry Medlin |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> who performs as [[Neal Medlyn]] and Champagne Jerry, whom she met when she was sent to interview him for an ''Austin Chronicle'' profile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2000-12-29/79933/ |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |title=Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn? |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> They have one son together, Oliver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She is an advocate for libraries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-unruly-pleasures-of-the-mid-manhattan-library |magazine=[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]] |title=The Unruly Pleasures of the Mid-Manhattan Library |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She majored in Plan II Honors at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where for her senior thesis she translated part of the Sanskrit Atharvaveda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2012/10/ada-calhoun-sells-book-st-marks-is-dead/ |work=[[observer.com|Observer]] |title=Ada Calhoun Sells Book, 'St. Marks Is Dead' |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>
In 2004, Calhoun married Jerry Neal Medlin,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/style/weddings-celebrations-ada-schjeldahl-jerry-medlin.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Ada Schjeldahl, Jerry Medlin |date=22 August 2004 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> who performs as [[Neal Medlyn]] and Champagne Jerry, whom she met when she was sent to interview him for an ''Austin Chronicle'' profile.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2000-12-29/79933/ |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |title=Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn? |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> They have one son together, Oliver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/has-ada-calhoun-just-become-the-most-important-new-voice-on-old-new-york-7832554 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |title=Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York? |date=27 October 2015 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She is an advocate for libraries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-unruly-pleasures-of-the-mid-manhattan-library |magazine=[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]] |title=The Unruly Pleasures of the Mid-Manhattan Library |date=22 February 2016 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref> She majored in Plan II Honors at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], where for her senior thesis she translated part of the Sanskrit Atharvaveda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2012/10/ada-calhoun-sells-book-st-marks-is-dead/ |work=[[observer.com|Observer]] |title=Ada Calhoun Sells Book, 'St. Marks Is Dead' |date=October 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2016}}</ref>


Calhoun is the granddaughter of [[Gilmore Schjeldahl]], the inventor of the plastic-lined [[airsickness bag]].
Calhoun is the granddaughter of [[Gilmore Schjeldahl]], the inventor of the plastic-lined [[airsickness bag]].
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | title=[[St. Marks Is Dead]] | year=2015 | isbn=978-0393240382| last1=Calhoun | first1=Ada }}
* {{cite book | title=[[St. Marks Is Dead]] | year=2015 | isbn=978-0393240382| last1=Calhoun | first1=Ada }}
* {{cite book | title=[[Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0393254792}}
* {{cite book | title=[[Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give]] | year=2017 | isbn=978-0393254792| last1=Calhoun | first1=Ada }}
* {{cite book | title=[[Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis]] | year=2020 | isbn=978-0-8021-4785-1| last1=Calhoun | first1=Ada }}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://groveatlantic.com/book/why-we-cant-sleep/ |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |publisher=[[Grove Atlantic]] |accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
* {{cite book | title=[[Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis]] | year=2020 | isbn=978-0-8021-4785-1| last1=Calhoun | first1=Ada }}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://groveatlantic.com/book/why-we-cant-sleep/ |title=Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis |publisher=[[Grove Atlantic]] |accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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Ada Calhoun
Ada Calhoun on a St. Marks Place rooftop, 2015
Ada Calhoun on a St. Marks Place rooftop, 2015
BornAda Calhoun Schjeldahl
(1976-03-17) March 17, 1976 (age 48)
New York City, New York
OccupationNon-fiction writer, journalist
Alma materStuyvesant High School
University of Texas at Austin
Period1998–present
Notable worksSt. Marks Is Dead (2015), Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give (2017)
SpouseNeal Medlyn (aka Jerry Neal Medlin, Champagne Jerry) m. August 21, 2004
Ada Calhoun

Ada Calhoun (born Ada Calhoun Schjeldahl, March 17, 1976) is an American non-fiction author. She is the author of St. Marks Is Dead, a history of St. Mark's Place in East Village, Manhattan, New York, Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, a book of essays about marriage, and of Why We Can't Sleep, a book about Generation X women and their struggles. She has also been a critic, serving as a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review;[1] a co-author and ghostwriter, having collaborated on three books by Tim Gunn;[2] and a freelance essayist and reporter. A Village Voice profile in 2015 said: "Her CV can seem as though it were cobbled together from the résumés of three ambitious journalists."[3]

Early life

Calhoun grew up on St. Marks Place in East Village, Manhattan. She is the only child of art critic Peter Schjeldahl and actress Brooke Alderson.[4] They appear as characters in her book St. Marks Is Dead, which she dedicates to them. She has written in The New York Times Magazine about a childhood fascination with the suburbs.[5] As a teenager, she traveled through India and met Mother Teresa.[6] She changed her name in 1998 to avoid comparison to her father.[7]

Writing

As a reporter, she has written about imprisoned women in Alabama,[8] the rap star Bobby Shmurda,[9] and the rise of DIY abortions.[10] She has also written personal essays, including three for The New York Times "Modern Love" column, and four for The New York Times Magazine's "Lives" column. The New York Times named her essay "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give" its 41st most read story of 2015.[11] In fall 2016, W.W. Norton announced that it would publish a collection of related essays in spring 2017, called Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give.[12] In October 2017, Oprah.com published her article "The New Midlife Crisis."[13] Chartbeat named the article the internet's 55th-most-read story of 2017.[14]

St. Marks Is Dead

Her book St. Marks Is Dead was published by W.W. Norton & Company in 2015. She wrote an op-ed that fall that explained her anti-nostalgic feelings about cities and change:[15]

When I asked nostalgic people to name the street’s golden era, they cited a range of years — often falling between 1960 and 1982, but sometimes 1945, or 1958, or 2012. A Vassar student told me that St. Marks Place died with the fairly recent closing of the Starbucks at Cooper Union. "I came back from break," he said, "and it was gone. We used to hang out there and get cups and fill them with strawberry champagne and feel glamorous. There’s no room for life to be lived there now." I began to notice a pattern: The years people said the city was at its best almost always coincided with when they themselves were at their hottest.

St. Marks Is Dead was a New York Times Editors’ Pick, Amazon Book of the Month, and named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews,[16] The Boston Globe,[17] Orlando Weekly,[18] the New York Post. The Village Voice called it, "The Best Nonfiction Book About New York, 2015," and said, "With St. Marks Is Dead, Ada Calhoun just became the most important new voice on old New York."[19]

The Atlantic wrote: "Timely, provocative, and stylishly written …Calhoun’s book serves as a welcome corrective to that rallying cry [that gentrification is bad], and to the tendency to romanticize New York City in the 1970s, when the city was far more riotous and permissive than it is now. … Her aplomb, in fact, is precisely what the discussion needs. Her portrait of neighborhood resilience might suggest more temperate proposals for an increasingly polarized debate.[20]"

The New York Times Book Review said, "Calhoun, who grew up on St. Mark’s Place, is careful not to romanticize any one era of the East Village (which serves as a suitable proxy for much of New York City during the past century). St. Marks Is Dead is an ecstatic roll call."[21]

Weddings Toasts I'll Never Give

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give is a memoir by Calhoun about marriage. It was inspired by the success of her "Modern Love" column in The New York Times, "The Wedding Toast I’ll Never Give,"[22] which the paper named one of its most-read stories of 2015.[23] The book was released on May 16, 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company.[24]

In the book, Calhoun presents seven personal essays, framed as "toasts", that discuss topics such as infidelity, existential anxiety, fighting in rental cars, and the "soul mates" ideal.

Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give was praised in pre-publication reviews. Publishers Weekly calls it "A humorous, realistic, and loving look at marriage....Each essay mixes components of memoir and self-help, drawing on insight from Calhoun’s own marriage as well as the wise thoughts of clergymen and lessons learned from long-married couples." Library Journal said "Alternating between hilarious personal anecdote and sobering professional insight, this memoir conveys perhaps the simplest lesson ever given about learning to make a marriage last: just don’t get divorced. Her other great contribution to the literature on marital happiness might be her explanation of why fights in cars are the worst: you cannot storm off."[25] The book received blurbs from Molly Ringwald, Susannah Cahalan, Karen Abbott, Phillip Lopate, Carlene Bauer, Davy Rothbart, Leah Carroll, Kathryn Hahn, Gretchen Rubin, Emma Straub, and Rebecca Traister.[26]

Reviews in the New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, and elsewhere, were overall positive.[27] The New York Times "Modern Love" column published the first serial excerpt on April 23, 2017 as "To Stay Married, Embrace Change."[28] The book was featured on Today.[29] In the "By the Book" column of The New York Times Book Review, Tom Hanks replied to the question "What was the last book that made you laugh?" with: "Ada Calhoun’s 'Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give.' I mean, underlining and yellow marker bust-out laughs."[30]

Why We Can't Sleep

Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis is a nonfiction book by Calhoun about Generation X women and their struggles, sometimes leading to a midlife crisis, including divorce, debt, unstable housing, and career development.[31] It builds upon her popular essay for O, The Oprah Magazine, "The New Midlife Crisis for Women".[32] Calhoun interviewed more than 200 women across America about their experiences and was fascinated how Gen-X women responded and coped with these struggles physically and mentally, inspiring her to understand why with research from the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Harvard’s Equality of Opportunity Project.[33] The book was released on January 7, 2020 by Grove Atlantic.[34]

Reviews have been mixed. The New York Times Book Review’s Curtis Sittenfeld called Calhoun "a funny, smart, compassionate narrator…taking women’s concerns seriously" but also "wished Calhoun had included fewer women’s stories but gone into those stories in greater detail."[35] The Wall Street Journal's Emily Bobrow gave the book mixed reviews, finding "many of its grumbles reassuringly familiar" but calling the book "a little whiny" and stating that Calhoun is "not above cherry-picking statistics."[36] The book had a 3.86/5 rating on Goodreads As of March 2020.[37]

Awards

Calhoun won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal in U.S. History,[38] 2015 USC-Annenberg National Health Journalism Fellowship,[39] 2014 Kiplinger fellowship,[40] 2013 Council on Contemporary Families Media Award,[41] and 2014 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship;[42] one of her Patterson stories won the 2015 Croly Award.[43]

Personal life

In 2004, Calhoun married Jerry Neal Medlin,[44] who performs as Neal Medlyn and Champagne Jerry, whom she met when she was sent to interview him for an Austin Chronicle profile.[45] They have one son together, Oliver.[46] She is an advocate for libraries.[47] She majored in Plan II Honors at the University of Texas at Austin, where for her senior thesis she translated part of the Sanskrit Atharvaveda.[48]

Calhoun is the granddaughter of Gilmore Schjeldahl, the inventor of the plastic-lined airsickness bag.

Bibliography

  • Calhoun, Ada (2015). St. Marks Is Dead. ISBN 978-0393240382.
  • Calhoun, Ada (2017). Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give. ISBN 978-0393254792.
  • Calhoun, Ada (2020). Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis. ISBN 978-0-8021-4785-1.[49]

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  1. ^ "Articles by Ada Calhoun". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible listing. Simon & Schuster. 11 September 2012. ISBN 9781451643879. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York?". The Village Voice. 27 October 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Has Ada Calhoun Just Become the Most Important New Voice on Old New York?". The Village Voice. 27 October 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Calhoun, Ada (22 August 2013). "The Summer I Discovered Suburbia". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Calhoun, Ada (12 July 2013). "Rooting for Mother Teresa". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "Call Me What You Will". O Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  8. ^ Calhoun, Ada (25 April 2012). "Mommy Had to Go Away for A While". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  9. ^ "Bobby Shmurda Speaks Out". Billboard. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  10. ^ Calhoun, Ada (21 December 2012). "The Rise of DIY Abortions". New Republic. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. ^ Astles, Ari Isaacman; Bhaskar, Samarth; Debelius, Danny (9 December 2015). "The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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  13. ^ "The New Midlife Crisis". Oprah.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  14. ^ "2017". Chartbeat. Retrieved May 31, 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
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  16. ^ "St. Marks Is Dead: Kirkus Review". AM New York. 28 March 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  17. ^ "The best books of 2015". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  18. ^ "Spend your vacation days reading the best books that came out in 2015". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  19. ^ "St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street BEST BOOK ABOUT NEW YORK (NONFICTION)". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  20. ^ "St. Marks Is Dead and the Complexity of Gentrification". The Atlantic. 4 November 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  21. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (4 December 2015). "'St. Marks Is Dead,' by Ada Calhoun". The New York Post. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  22. ^ Calhoun, Ada (16 July 2015). "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give (Updated With Podcast)". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  23. ^ Astles, Ari Isaacman; Bhaskar, Samarth; Debelius, Danny (9 December 2015). "The Top 100 New York Times Stories of 2015, by Total Time Spent". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
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  27. ^ "Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give". Ada Calhoun. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  28. ^ Calhoun, Ada (21 April 2017). "To Stay Married, Embrace Change". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  29. ^ "Author Reveals Secret to Lasting Marriage: Underreacting to Problems". TODAY. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  30. ^ "Tom Hanks: By the Book". The New York Times Book Review. 13 October 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
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  32. ^ "The New Midlife Crisis for Women: Why (and How) It's Hitting Gen X Women". O, The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  33. ^ "Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
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  35. ^ Sittenfeld, Curtis (7 January 2020). "Gen X Women: More Opportunities, Less Satisfaction?". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  36. ^ Bobrow, Emily (January 6, 2020). "'Why We Can't Sleep' Review: Uncertain at a Certain Age". The Wall Street Journal.
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