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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    Culture
    Why Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” became a pump-up playlist must-haveWhy Mulan’s “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” became a pump-up playlist must-have
    Culture

    The song was never culturally accurate. But it was always a bop.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Brit Bennett on publishing The Vanishing Half during the George Floyd protestsBrit Bennett on publishing The Vanishing Half during the George Floyd protests
    Culture

    Bennett joined the Vox Book Club to discuss why she doesn’t write identity as a problem to to be solved.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    This September, the Vox Book Club is reading Elif Batuman’s The IdiotThis September, the Vox Book Club is reading Elif Batuman’s The Idiot
    Culture

    School this year will be strange. But you can still go back to campus in a book.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    7 daring movie adaptations of literary classics7 daring movie adaptations of literary classics
    Culture

    And this weekend’s best new releases.

    By Constance Grady, Alissa Wilkinson and 1 more
    Culture
    The real-life origin story behind The Count of Monte CristoThe real-life origin story behind The Count of Monte Cristo
    Culture

    Alexandre Dumas wrote his famous novel as a revenge fantasy for his father.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The new Elena Ferrante novel is a bleak portrait of teen girl self-hatredThe new Elena Ferrante novel is a bleak portrait of teen girl self-hatred
    Culture

    The Lying Life of Adults is Elena Ferrante’s first novel since her doxxing. It’s terrific.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    This new translation of Beowulf brings the poem to profane, funny, hot-blooded lifeThis new translation of Beowulf brings the poem to profane, funny, hot-blooded life
    Culture

    “Bro! Tell me we still know how to talk about kings!”

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    How politicians showed off their books at the Democratic National ConventionHow politicians showed off their books at the Democratic National Convention
    Culture

    The credibility bookcase has become a fundamental part of image-making. Here’s how it worked at the DNC.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    The legacy of Toni Morrison looms large in The Vanishing HalfThe legacy of Toni Morrison looms large in The Vanishing Half
    Culture

    An expert on Black literature explains why The Vanishing Half works like a call and response.

    By Constance Grady
    Read: Kamala Harris’s historic acceptance speech
    Politics

    “That I am speaking tonight is a testament to the dedication of generations before me.”

    By Constance Grady