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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    Culture
    In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado knows where the bodies are buriedIn Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado knows where the bodies are buried
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    The Vox Book Club’s April pick is a tour de force short story collection.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The author of When We Cease to Understand the World explains himselfThe author of When We Cease to Understand the World explains himself
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    Culture

    “We need fiction like we need water.”

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    With The Candy House, Pulitzer winner Jennifer Egan makes her case for the novelWith The Candy House, Pulitzer winner Jennifer Egan makes her case for the novel
    Culture

    The ambitious, kaleidoscopic follow-up to A Visit From the Goon Squad sticks the landing.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Will Smith’s slap and Oscars ban, briefly explainedWill Smith’s slap and Oscars ban, briefly explained
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    What the American Oscars telecast cut from the Will Smith-Chris Rock confrontation.

    By Constance Grady
    How Noom got anti-dieters to go on diets
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    Noom promises not to be like other diets. But does it pull off the claim?

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Spend April with Carmen Maria Machado’s haunting Her Body and Other PartiesSpend April with Carmen Maria Machado’s haunting Her Body and Other Parties
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    The Vox Book Club’s April pick is a ferociously smart set of short stories that read like fairy tales for the 21st century.

    By Constance Grady
    One Good Thing
    Kevin G. from Mean Girls is my favorite lifestyle influencerKevin G. from Mean Girls is my favorite lifestyle influencer
    One Good Thing

    On Homeboy, Rajiv Surendra wants me to make my own candles. You know what? Sure.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    A night of chaos: 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2022 OscarsA night of chaos: 4 winners and 2 losers from the 2022 Oscars
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    Beyoncé, Bruno, and the beef between Will Smith and Chris Rock.

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Aja Romano and 2 more
    One Good Thing
    3 Oscar nominees, one little-seen musical about cheerleaders3 Oscar nominees, one little-seen musical about cheerleaders
    One Good Thing

    When Ariana DeBose and Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborated on a musical about cheerleaders, based on a Kirsten Dunst franchise.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Have we ceased to understand the world?Have we ceased to understand the world?
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    Benjamín Labatut’s nonfiction novel is haunting and astonishing.

    By Constance Grady