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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

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    Alderman explains how to build a world in a live Zoom interview with our book critic.

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    Ask a book critic: The history of the end of the worldAsk a book critic: The history of the end of the world
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    Our book critic recommends apocalyptic fiction and more.

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    This April, the Vox Book Club is reading The Death of Vivek OjiThis April, the Vox Book Club is reading The Death of Vivek Oji
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    Nigerian novelist Akwaeke Emezi’s The Death of Vivek Oji is ferocious and kaleidoscopic.

    By Constance Grady
    One Good Thing
    One Good Thing: Netflix’s gone-too-soon Teenage Bounty Hunters is warm-hearted and whip-smartOne Good Thing: Netflix’s gone-too-soon Teenage Bounty Hunters is warm-hearted and whip-smart
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    They’re teens. They’re bounty hunters. They’re Teenage Bounty Hunters!

    By Constance Grady
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    Celebrating Ramona Quimby’s enduring appeal, in honor of Beverly ClearyCelebrating Ramona Quimby’s enduring appeal, in honor of Beverly Cleary
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    Beverly Cleary has died at 104. Her Ramona Quimby books gave us one of the sharpest characters in American kid lit.

    By Constance Grady
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    Keeping Up With the Kardashians is ending, but the Kardashians aren’tKeeping Up With the Kardashians is ending, but the Kardashians aren’t
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    The Kardashian brand never changes and never ends.

    By Constance Grady
    One Year Later
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    What C.S. Lewis’s A Grief Observed can tell us about our year of loss.

    By Constance Grady
    The uneasy intimacy of work in a pandemic year
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    How capitalism and the pandemic destroyed our work-life balance.

    By Constance Grady
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    A reading list to understand anti-Asian racism in AmericaA reading list to understand anti-Asian racism in America
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    Hate crimes against Asian Americans go back centuries. We asked experts which books to read to understand the history.

    By Constance Grady
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    Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and H.E.R. win the 2021 Grammys’ top trophiesMegan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and H.E.R. win the 2021 Grammys’ top trophies
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    This year’s awards saw Beyoncé and Taylor Swift make history, and crowned Megan Thee Stallion as queen of the night.

    By Jen Trolio and Constance Grady

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