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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

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    Diana Wynne Jones’s classic is a joyful love letter to middle school weirdos.

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    How Chris Pratt became the internet’s least favorite ChrisHow Chris Pratt became the internet’s least favorite Chris
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    Chris discourse, explained.

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    The exhausting failure of Netflix’s RebeccaThe exhausting failure of Netflix’s Rebecca
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    The new adaptation plays like an eighth grader read the SparkNotes and badly misunderstood them.

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    Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage.Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage.
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    The gothic novel is the perfect genre for thinking about empires.

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    Our next live event will take place on October 29, and you can RSVP now.

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    Louise Glück just won the Nobel for literature. This poem will introduce you to her work.Louise Glück just won the Nobel for literature. This poem will introduce you to her work.
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    Glück’s 2004 poem “October” is a salve for October 2020.

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    Cop stories are under scrutiny right now. The Searcher offers a new perspective.

    By Constance Grady
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    We ranked the entire show from worst to best, including the revival episodes.

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    The list includes Rumaan Alam and Jenn Shapland.

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    The author of The Idiot joins the Vox Book Club to talk about sequels, Russian literature, and what the novel means today.

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