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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    TV and movie sets used to be messy. What happened?
    Culture

    From Jerry’s apartment to Lucifer’s penthouse, TV sets keep getting neater and neater.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    2023’s best books (so far)2023’s best books (so far)
    Culture

    From shipwrecks to hijackings to sex comedies, these are the best books of the first half of 2023.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Broadway is awash in bad pop musicals pretending to be about feminismBroadway is awash in bad pop musicals pretending to be about feminism
    Culture

    Once Upon a One More Time is a lumpy slurry of Britney Spears, Cinderella, and Betty Friedan. For some reason, it’s part of a bigger trend.

    By Constance Grady
    The Gray Area
    When you can’t separate art from artistWhen you can’t separate art from artist
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Talking Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma with Claire Dederer.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    In Lorrie Moore’s new book, a man and his dead ex-girlfriend go on a road tripIn Lorrie Moore’s new book, a man and his dead ex-girlfriend go on a road trip
    Culture

    I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home is weird, funny, gross, and tender.

    By Constance Grady
    Policy
    A damning new DOJ report accuses the Minneapolis Police Department of civil rights abusesA damning new DOJ report accuses the Minneapolis Police Department of civil rights abuses
    Policy

    After the murder of George Floyd, the Department of Justice began investigating Minneapolis. Here’s what they found.

    By Constance Grady and Anna North
    Culture
    The downfall of Armie Hammer, explainedThe downfall of Armie Hammer, explained
    Culture

    House of Hammer is the latest entry in the Armie Hammer true crime scandal.

    By Constance Grady
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”
    The Shakespearean resonance at the heart of the Succession finaleThe Shakespearean resonance at the heart of the Succession finale
    The Vox guide to HBO’s “Succession”

    How Succession’s finale referenced Shakespeare to bring out Kendall’s crumpled ambitions.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    In Brandon Taylor’s The Late Americans, art students scramble for money and sexIn Brandon Taylor’s The Late Americans, art students scramble for money and sex
    Culture

    The author’s second novel zooms in on what an artist should be.

    By Constance Grady
    Life
    Why is it still so hard for us to use the word “rape”?Why is it still so hard for us to use the word “rape”?
    Life

    The E. Jean Carroll verdict illuminates the fraught history of the term’s legal definition.

    By Constance Grady