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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    Culture
    The rape allegations against Philip Roth’s biographer are a damning condemnation of publishingThe rape allegations against Philip Roth’s biographer are a damning condemnation of publishing
    Culture

    The Blake Bailey story shows publishing’s institutions once again working to protect men.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    7 winners and 4 losers from the deeply eccentric 2021 Oscars7 winners and 4 losers from the deeply eccentric 2021 Oscars
    Culture

    A fantastically unpredictable show ended on a huge bummer of an anticlimax.

    By Emily St. James, Constance Grady and 2 more
    Culture
    4 ways the 2021 Oscars made history4 ways the 2021 Oscars made history
    Culture

    Major milestones from a historically weird Academy Awards.

    By Constance Grady and Aja Romano
    Culture
    Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropesNetflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes
    Culture

    Two critics (and YA fantasy fans) discuss Netflix’s messy, dour Shadow and Bone.

    By Aja Romano and Constance Grady
    Culture
    Promising Young Woman’s explosive ending and Best Picture chances, explainedPromising Young Woman’s explosive ending and Best Picture chances, explained
    Culture

    Our critics have wildly differing opinions about the movie. Will the Oscars?

    By Alex Abad-Santos, Constance Grady and 2 more
    Culture
    How The Death of Vivek Oji inverts the murder mysteryHow The Death of Vivek Oji inverts the murder mystery
    Culture

    In Akwaeki Emezi’s ferocious and kaleidoscopic novel, the real mystery is whether Vivek truly lived.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Sanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers is a playful social satire with teethSanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers is a playful social satire with teeth
    Culture

    This terrific debut novel uses heists and alchemy to deconstruct immigrant ambition, striving, and sin.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police
    Culture

    Early Hollywood treated the cops as incompetent fools. Then everything changed.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Why the author of Girl, Stop Apologizing had to apologize twice in a weekWhy the author of Girl, Stop Apologizing had to apologize twice in a week
    Culture

    The Rachel Hollis controversy points to bigger problems in white women’s self-help.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Helen Oyeyemi’s unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirderHelen Oyeyemi’s unsettling new novel Peaces starts weird and gets weirder
    Culture

    The book features a whimsical train, two pet mongooses, and existential dread.

    By Constance Grady