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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    Culture
    How Gideon the Ninth author Tamsyn Muir queers the space operaHow Gideon the Ninth author Tamsyn Muir queers the space opera
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    Locked Tomb author Tamsyn Muir to angry girls who read her books: “It’s for you. Go nuts.”

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The cornball aesthetics of the Biden eraThe cornball aesthetics of the Biden era
    Culture

    All of Biden’s aesthetic choices are too on the nose. Good.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Raven Leilani’s wickedly smart Luster is the Vox Book Club’s February pickRaven Leilani’s wickedly smart Luster is the Vox Book Club’s February pick
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    Chase away the winter doldrums with the Vox Book Club.

    By Constance Grady
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    This notorious poet is required reading in Denmark. Her masterpiece is now out in the US.This notorious poet is required reading in Denmark. Her masterpiece is now out in the US.
    Culture

    The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen’s experimental three-volume memoir, is a stunning portrait of addiction and ambition.

    By Constance Grady
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    The Great Gatsby has one of the most iconic covers ever printed. How do you redesign it?The Great Gatsby has one of the most iconic covers ever printed. How do you redesign it?
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    As Fitzgerald’s classic enters the public domain, 3 cover designers face the “nerve-wracking” struggle of redesigning its jacket.

    By Constance Grady
    7 key moments from Joe Biden’s inauguration special
    Politics

    Joe Biden’s inauguration special attempted a return to normalcy.

    By Li Zhou, Constance Grady and 2 more
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    Introducing Amanda Gorman, the youth poet laureate who spoke at Biden’s inaugurationIntroducing Amanda Gorman, the youth poet laureate who spoke at Biden’s inauguration
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    The 22-year-old, who was the US’s first youth poet laureate, wrote “The Hill We Climb” the night of the Capitol riot.

    By Constance Grady
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    The sorrows of Ben AffleckThe sorrows of Ben Affleck
    Culture

    About that life-sized cardboard cutout of Ana de Armas getting thrown out in front of Ben Affleck’s house …

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The word “Orwellian” has lost all meaningThe word “Orwellian” has lost all meaning
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    How the right made the word “Orwellian” an empty cliché.

    By Constance Grady
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    The profound grief and terrible puns of Harrow the NinthThe profound grief and terrible puns of Harrow the Ninth
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    Two critics spiral on how much they love Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb Trilogy.

    By Constance Grady and Emily St. James