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Emma's Straub's novel "American Fantasy" was a Club Calvi Top 3 FicPick and a New York Times bestseller.
Author Emma Straub talks about her latest book, the New York Times bestseller and a Club Calvi Top 3 FicPick, "American Fantasy," which is coming-of-age story for a middle-aged woman
John Kenney's novel, "I've Seen You've Called In Dead," now in paperback, is about an unhappy obituary writer who accidentally prints his own obit. He learns how to live by going to the wakes and funerals of strangers.
Mary Calvi talked to Saraciea J. Fennell, founder of The Bronx is Reading about the 9th Annual Bronx Book Festival. More than 35 authors, including New York Times Bestselling authors S.A. Cosby, Kennedy Ryan, and Tiffany D. Jackson, will appear at the festival on Saturday, June 20, 2026
"Livonia Chow Mein" is Abigail Savitch-Lew's first novel. The book brings the changing landscape of Brownsville, Brooklyn to life through the stories of four generations of a Chinese family, their relationships with each other and their Jewish and Black neighbors.
The authors described their novel as a uniquely New York tale of two women coming together to bring down a mob and its most fearsome mobster.
New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews says her new book, "Road Trip," is part family saga, with a touch of mystery and romance.
Mary Kay Andrews says her books are about women reclaiming their power, discovering who they are, and who they can become. Her new novel "Road Trip" is about two sisters who haven't spoken in years, and who fulfill their mother's last wish to travel together to Ireland.
"Waiting on a Friend" by Natalie Adler, "A Pair of Aces" by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, and "The Fervent Whites" by De'Shawn Charles Winslow were your choices for Club Calvi's next book.
Mary Calvi talks with Eloisa James about strong female characters and her other life as a Shakespeare scholar.
Eloisa James has been called a "Reigning Queen of Romance," while holding one of the most interesting day jobs in the industry as a Shakespeare scholar and professor at Fordham University
Author Lisa Unger talks about her new book, "Served Him Right," and offers advice for aspiring authors on writing and social media
Revenge is sweet and delicious in the new thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. She talked to Mary Calvi about her latest novel "Served Him Right."
"A Harlem Wedding" is based on the life of Yolande Du Bois, the daughter of civil rights icon W.E.B Du Bois, who married the man her father picked for her despite openly loving someone else
Tiffany L. Warren discusses her new novel "A Harlem Wedding," based on the life of Yolande Du Bois, daughter of civil rights icon W.E.B Dubois, who married the man her father picked for her despite openly loving someone else.
