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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    When celebrity nudes were everywhere
    Culture

    In 2007, Vanessa Hudgens had a giant nude photo scandal. It left no cultural footprint.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    In The Sentence, Louise Erdrich asks what we owe the deadIn The Sentence, Louise Erdrich asks what we owe the dead
    Culture

    The Pulitzer Prize winner’s latest sees Indians haunted by the ghosts of vengeful white people.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Spend February reading Louise Erdrich’s pandemic novel of grief and ghostsSpend February reading Louise Erdrich’s pandemic novel of grief and ghosts
    Culture

    Erdrich, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2021, is the Vox Book Club’s latest guest.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Why Tamsyn Muir turned her fantasy trilogy into a quartet halfway throughWhy Tamsyn Muir turned her fantasy trilogy into a quartet halfway through
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    The Locked Tomb series continues with Nona the Ninth. Check out the exclusive cover reveal.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The luxurious fantasy of suffering in Hanya Yanagihara’s novelsThe luxurious fantasy of suffering in Hanya Yanagihara’s novels
    Culture

    The author of A Little Life and To Paradise writes long, voluptuous books all about human pain.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Close reading the fleshy, obsessive internet of No One Is Talking About ThisClose reading the fleshy, obsessive internet of No One Is Talking About This
    Culture

    The Vox Book Club’s January pick delves into our collective internet consciousness.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Yellowjackets is prestige Pretty Little Liars. Hear me out.Yellowjackets is prestige Pretty Little Liars. Hear me out.
    Culture

    Showtime’s new drama vivisects teen girl friendships. It got its toolkit from teen soap operas.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Why so much Obama-era pop culture feels so cringe nowWhy so much Obama-era pop culture feels so cringe now
    Culture

    How Hamilton, Parks and Recreation, and Harry Potter lost cultural cachet.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Remembering Joan Didion’s reserved, masterful styleRemembering Joan Didion’s reserved, masterful style
    Culture

    The power of Didion’s prose lay in what she didn’t say.

    By Constance Grady
    Sex and the City said it would stand for friendship over men. It didn’t.
    Culture

    On the classic HBO series, love has a market value.

    By Constance Grady