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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

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    Our submissions to the queer canonOur submissions to the queer canon
    Culture

    The queer canon should point us toward the future. We made a list of new, vibrant queer stories helping us get there.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Constance Grady and 3 more
    Culture
    In The Immortal King Rao, a tech billionaire becomes king of the worldIn The Immortal King Rao, a tech billionaire becomes king of the world
    Culture

    A new novel paints a portrait of a world ruled by almighty algorithm.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Elif Batuman’s Either/Or is a portrait of the artist as a young idiotElif Batuman’s Either/Or is a portrait of the artist as a young idiot
    Culture

    Batuman’s second novel is shaggy, strange, and sweet.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Spend June with a novel of colonialism, technological capitalism, and coconutsSpend June with a novel of colonialism, technological capitalism, and coconuts
    Culture

    The next Vox Book Club pick is The Immortal King Rao.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Johnny Depp’s legal victory makes it clear the Me Too backlash has arrivedJohnny Depp’s legal victory makes it clear the Me Too backlash has arrived
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    Johnny Depp’s legal victory and the death of Roe v. Wade are part of the same toxic cultural movement.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The Fortress of Solitude is a fraught and uneasy love letter to a vanished BrooklynThe Fortress of Solitude is a fraught and uneasy love letter to a vanished Brooklyn
    Culture

    In this lovely and heartbroken novel, neither superpowers nor true love can stop systemic racism.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The Vox Book Club is going back to Fortress of Solitude, one of the best novels of the 2000sThe Vox Book Club is going back to Fortress of Solitude, one of the best novels of the 2000s
    Culture

    Spend May with Jonathan Lethem’s lovely and prescient novel of friendship, race, class, and superheroes.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The author of Station Eleven wrote a new pandemic novelThe author of Station Eleven wrote a new pandemic novel
    Culture

    In Emily St. John Mandel’s new book Sea of Tranquility, the apocalypse is ongoing. So is life.

    By Constance Grady
    One Good Thing
    One Good Thing: Have you heard of this Shakespeare guy? Pretty good!One Good Thing: Have you heard of this Shakespeare guy? Pretty good!
    One Good Thing

    Juliet and her Romeo are dead, but Romeo and Juliet lives forever.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The post-Hamilton era of historical musicals has begunThe post-Hamilton era of historical musicals has begun
    Culture

    With Suffs and Paradise Square, this season’s new musicals are reexamining the history books.

    By Constance Grady