Emma Straub in Conversation with Marcy Dermansky

ABOUT THE BOOK

The prolific Emma Straub is a literary star who amazingly manages to surpass herself with each novel. Early on she caught the attention of writers like Ann Patchett, Lorrie Moore and Elizabeth Gilbert who declared Straub “a magician” and a “natural talent.” Soon her New York Times–bestselling novel, The Vacationers, won the hearts of readers across the country who agreed it was “the best feel-good story of the summer” (The Washington Post), followed by another New York Times bestseller in Modern Lovers, celebrated as one of the best books of the year and deemed by Michiko Kakutani as “too deftly and thoughtfully written to be relegated merely to the beach.” In between penning her own novels, Straub opened Books are Magic, the independent bookstore in Brooklyn which quickly became a beloved literary destination and community hub for readers and authors alike. Then in 2020, her star power…