Minds on Fire: A Conversation with Ada Calhoun & Susannah Cahalan

Pleaes join Deep Water Literary Fest at Catskill Art Space for an electrifying evening with two powerhouse authors, Ada Calhoun and Susannah Cahalan, as they discuss their latest works—stories of obsession, rebellion, and the search for meaning.

Calhoun’s Crush is a deeply personal and sharply observed novel about a woman unraveling the mysteries of a long-lost-now-reignited infatuation.

Cahalan, best known for her bestselling memoir Brain on Fire, returns with The Acid Queen, a riveting portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary—the enigmatic wife of LSD evangelist Timothy Leary. A countercultural icon in her own right, Woodruff Leary was a beatnik, a fugitive, and a visionary who tested the limits of freedom, consciousness, and the roles imposed on women of her time.

In conversation, these two acclaimed writers will explore the art of storytelling, the allure of obsession, and the radical figures who shaped history and their own lives. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear from two of today’s most thought-provoking voices.

Ada Calhoun is the author of Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me, named one of the Best Books of 2022 by The Washington Post, NPR, and Oprah Daily. The New York Times named it one of the year’s 100 Notable Books. Previous books include the New York City history St. Marks Is Dead, the essay collection Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, and New York Times bestseller Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis. Her debut novel, Crush, will be published this May.

Susannah Cahalan is a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, journalist and public speaker. Her first book, Brain on Fire, has sold over a million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Her second book, The Great Pretender, was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s 2020 Science Book Prize. She lives in New Jersey with her family.

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