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Grady Chambers

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Grady Chambers is the author of the novel GREAT DISASTERS (Tin House Books, 2025), and the poetry collection North American Stadiums (Milkweed Editions, 2018), winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize.

His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, The Sun, New England Review, Joyland, and elsewhere. Born in Chicago, Grady attended Vassar College, received his MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University, and is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing. He lives in Philadelphia.

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	Great Disasters 3.97 avg rating — 264 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	North American Stadiums 4.08 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gendered & Written: Forums on Poetics by Hari M. Alluri (Editor), Katie Fagan (Editor), C.M. Burroughs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Grady Chambers made a comment on Jonathan Brown’s review of Great Disasters " Jonathan--just wanted to thank you for spending time with Great Disasters--so gratified to know it resonated so much with you. "
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Grady Chambers liked Megan F's review of Great Disasters: "I received this arc through netgalley. I enjoyed this book, and, since I am an extremely nostalgic human, I felt great emotion in reading about the narrator’s youth and youthful exploit with his core group of friends. Though I feel I am, in almost al" Read more of this review »
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Grady Chambers liked Ashli Rich's review of Great Disasters: "Some disasters are loud. Others are friendships slipping through time. Six boys. One war. A thousand ways life broke them apart. This isn’t just a coming-of-age story—it’s a quiet gut punch about friendship, war, addiction, and what it means to grow " Read more of this review »
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Grady Chambers made a comment on Todd’s review of Great Disasters " Thanks so much for spending time with the book and for the kind words about it, Todd--so glad you enjoyed it. "
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