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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

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    A brief history of the internet hating Jonathan FranzenA brief history of the internet hating Jonathan Franzen
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    Oprah, Franzenfreude, and Iraqi war orphans: a look back at Jonathan Franzen’s many controversies.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The great book shortage of 2021, explainedThe great book shortage of 2021, explained
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    Demand for books is way up this year. Supplies are way, way down.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads is an opus on humiliation. It’s very good.Jonathan Franzen’s Crossroads is an opus on humiliation. It’s very good.
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    Franzen’s latest novel is thrillingly furious and surprisingly tender.

    By Constance Grady
    Every version of the Monica Lewinsky story reveals America’s failure of empathy
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    Twenty-three years later, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal is a tale of cultural sadism.

    By Constance Grady
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    Six, the long-delayed pop musical about Henry VIII’s wives, is glorious nonsenseSix, the long-delayed pop musical about Henry VIII’s wives, is glorious nonsense
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    Six was supposed to open on Broadway in March 2020. On Sunday, it finally did.

    By Constance Grady
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    The Vox Book Club is spending October reading and talking to Lauren GroffThe Vox Book Club is spending October reading and talking to Lauren Groff
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    If you’d like to read about witchy feminist medieval nuns, then boy, do we have a book for you.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Britney Spears’s conservatorship isn’t over. Yet.Britney Spears’s conservatorship isn’t over. Yet.
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    The push to remove Jamie Spears but not end the conservatorship was a strategic move on the part of the pop star’s lawyers.

    By Constance Grady
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    The meditative empathy of Susanna Clarke’s PiranesiThe meditative empathy of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi
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    Why you can’t unlock this novel’s secret meaning.

    By Constance Grady
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    RSVP now for our live Q&A with Susanna ClarkeRSVP now for our live Q&A with Susanna Clarke
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    The Vox Book Club joins the author of Piranesi at the end of September for a live Zoom chat.

    By Constance Grady
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    In Sally Rooney’s new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brandIn Sally Rooney’s new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand
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    Beautiful World, Where Are You is unlikely to be a crowd pleaser. But it’s gorgeous.

    By Constance Grady