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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    Culture
    Cormac McCarthy’s two new novels are deliberately frustratingCormac McCarthy’s two new novels are deliberately frustrating
    Culture

    The Passenger is out now, and Stella Maris is out in December. They’re McCarthy’s first new books since 2006.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Let’s go down the rabbit hole of Taylor Swift conspiracy theoriesLet’s go down the rabbit hole of Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
    Culture

    The theories surrounding Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, Midnights, explained.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Lea Michele in Funny Girl: Yes, she is that goodLea Michele in Funny Girl: Yes, she is that good
    Culture

    There are 3 things you need to be a great Fanny Brice. Lea Michele has 2 of them.

    By Constance Grady
    What are we supposed to do about Kanye now?
    Culture

    So your favorite rapper turned out to be a bigot, or: The art vs. the artist, Ye edition.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Celeste Ng is back with a dark parable of America’s history of child removalCeleste Ng is back with a dark parable of America’s history of child removal
    Culture

    The author of Little Fires Everywhere’s new book, Our Missing Hearts, brings Cold War dystopia into the present.

    By Constance Grady
    Who built Marilyn Monroe?
    Culture

    Marilyn Monroe was an artist. Her magnum opus was her own image.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    In Ducks, Kate Beaton of Hark! A Vagrant goes bleak and desolateIn Ducks, Kate Beaton of Hark! A Vagrant goes bleak and desolate
    Culture

    This graphic memoir delves into some of the world’s most plentiful — and destructive — oil mines.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The queen’s funeral (plus what’s happening with the money and the corgis), explainedThe queen’s funeral (plus what’s happening with the money and the corgis), explained
    Culture

    10 questions about the queen’s funeral, asked and answered.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Nona the Ninth features dogs, lesbians, necromantic battles, increasing levels of CatholicismNona the Ninth features dogs, lesbians, necromantic battles, increasing levels of Catholicism
    Culture

    Tamsyn Muir’s latest sequel to Gideon the Ninth brings a vital new urgency to the Locked Tomb series.

    By Constance Grady
    The subtle power of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign
    Culture

    The longest-reigning monarch in British history maintained a “blank slate” onto which her subjects, fellow politicians, and the world could project.

    By Constance Grady