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Emma Straub with Special Guests for ALL ADULTS HERE

Emma Straub with Special Guests for ALL ADULTS HERE

We celebrated the launch of Emma Straub’s latest novel All Adults Here with special guests Lauren Graham, Afia Atakora, Alexandra Chang, and Tobly McSmith, with musical guests Sharon Van Etten and Stephin Merritt.


With wry humor and wisdom, All Adults Here centers on the Strick family at a moment when many of them are in crisis. This multigenerational tale navigates gender, bullying, abortion, and so many other things without losing its balance between the heartwarming and the gasp-worthy as the characters careen between insecurity, fear, and hope, flawed but always sympathetic in Emma Straub’s skilled hands. If you missed her not-so-late show, you can catch it here.

We celebrated the launch of All Adults Here, a new novel by our very own Emma Straub with writer and actress Lauren Graham, debut authors Afia Atakora, Alexa...

Book Five: J. Courtney Sullivan, Emily St. John Mandel and Emma Straub

Book Five: J. Courtney Sullivan, Emily St. John Mandel and Emma Straub

Q&A with Andrés Barba, author of A LUMINOUS REPUBLIC

Q&A with Andrés Barba, author of A LUMINOUS REPUBLIC