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Grace Byron is a critic, reporter, and novelist based in Queens. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Bookforum, and elsewhere. Her debut novel Herculine is out now.

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Books

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Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight

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A Purse For Whatever Woman You Want To Be

Tom Ley

Are You The “What?” Person In Your Relationship?

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