Ada Calhoun

Calhoun is the author of Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me

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Why I Don't Need to Be Called a Genius Like My Father

My father, now 80, a successful art critic, has always locked himself in a room to write. I didn’t disturb him when he was working. At 46, I have written over the years in coffee...

By Ada Calhoun

Gen X Women Get Less Sleep Than Any Other Generation

The better question might be: what isn't?

By Ada Calhoun

Stop Looking for Your Soul Mate and Try This Instead

“Given that you have 500,000,000 potential soul mates,” writes Randall Munroe, in the science book What If?, “you’ll only find true love in one lifetime out of ten thousand.” A cousin of mine gave a...

By Ada Calhoun
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