Grace Byron

Grace Byron is a writer from the Midwest based in Queens. Her writing has appeared in The Cut, Lux, The Nation, and Bookforum, among other outlets. Find her @emotrophywife. She is currently at work on a novel about conversion therapy.

Feminist Fascisms

Grace Byron

March 4, 2025

A conversation with Sophie Lewis.

Very Special Episodes

Grace Byron

February 7, 2024

The present tense of trans fiction.

A young boy with brown hair shown with a bandage on his forehead.

Boy Afraid

Grace Byron

December 7, 2023

Hayao Miyazaki’s grief-soaked kingdom of boyhood dreams.

A group of colorful spirits and demons are cast out from the chest of a green-faced child. In the foreground, a priest's hand clutches the rosary.

Repossessed

Grace Byron

April 18, 2023

We’re still casting the demons out.

Sad Girl Manifesto

Grace Byron

December 6, 2022

A lost novel returns to the cult carny world of the gonzo queen.