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Club Calvi

Club Calvi

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Summary

 Mary Calvi hosts the book club where you pick what we read next. Club Calvi chooses three new fiction titles. Readers vote to decide the winner and then can engage with the author by asking their most burning questions in a monthly meetup. Every week, Mary talks with authors about their research, writing process, the journey to being published, and with book lovers about their favorite reads.CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions Recorded Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Tiffany L. Warren on "A Harlem Wedding"

    Tiffany L. Warren on "A Harlem Wedding"
    May 13 2026
    Tiffany L. Warren is bringing to light the little-known story of love, scandal, and coming of age for the woman who was the most famous Black debutante of the Harlem Renaissance in a new novel "A Harlem Wedding." As the daughter of civil rights icon W.E.B. Du Bois, Yolande Du Bois was at the top of Harlem's elite. The local newspapers tracked her movements. Her father dictated every aspect of her life, but they clashed about her love life. While Yolande loved one man, she married the man her father chose for her. Warren told Mary that while Yolande's wedding to famous poet Countee Cullen was a social event of the year, the marriage was doomed from the start. Warren also talked about the surprising finds in her research. Audio excerpt courtesy of William Morrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Laurie Gilmore on "The Daisy Chain Flower Shop" & Dream Harbor

    Laurie Gilmore on "The Daisy Chain Flower Shop" & Dream Harbor
    May 13 2026
    New York Times bestselling author Laurie Gilmore says she never dreamed of becoming an author. The first thought of writing a story came to her while she was pushing her children on a swing. While that story was not published, Gilmore's first book in her small-town Dream Harbor series, "The Pumpkin Spice Cafe," became a social media sensation. Gilmore talked to Mary about the latest book in the series "The Daisy Chain Flower Shop," and how behind the sweet and cozy covers of her books she sprinkles spice in the pages. Audio excerpt from THE DAISY CHAIN FLOWER SHOP by Laurie Gilmore. Copyright 2026. Published by HarperCollinsPublishers. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Adriana Trigiani on "The View from Lake Como" (Aug. 2025)

    Adriana Trigiani on "The View from Lake Como" (Aug. 2025)
    May 6 2026
    Club Calvi is celebrating the paperback publication of "The View from Lake Como" by Adriana Trigiani, a Club Calvi 2025 Readers' Choice. The hardcover edition was an instant New York Times bestseller. The novel is about Giuseppina, a dutiful daughter in Lake Como, New Jersey, who is recently divorced and living in her parents' basement. When her family suffers an unexpected loss, she moves to Italy to carve a new life and possible love for herself. Mary and Adriana met up at Patsy's Italian Restaurant, a New York culinary institution, to talk about their shared experiences growing up in an Italian family, and how Giuseppina came to life on the pages of the book. Audio excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO by Adriana Trigiani, read by Mira Sorvino. © Adriana Trigiani ℗ 2025 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
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