Skip to Content
Defector home
Defector home
Log In
Subscribe to skip adsAdvertisement

Arts And Culture

Books

‘Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life’ Is Dishy And Definitive

Arts And Culture

Call Her Petty

Arts And Culture

Bury Me At Camp Blood

Interviews

Jonathan Abrams Writes About NBA Players In Three Dimensions

Arts And Culture

Tinashe Wants You To Get Off The Computer And Dance

Arts And Culture

Alison Knowles Made Art That Was Designed To Delight And Disappear

Interviews

Sloane Murphy Is The Bard Of Chicago’s Drunk Trans Women

Arts And Culture

Our Favorite Patrick Stewart Performances

October 30, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘The Devils’ Gets Its Due

October 30, 2026
Arts And Culture

Finally, A Good Book About Men

October 29, 2026
Arts And Culture

Some Theories About That Nude Scene In ‘You Can See Everything’

October 28, 2026
Arts And Culture

Everything Is Content

October 28, 2026
Defector Reads A Book

There Is No Escaping Other Mommy

October 27, 2026
Arts And Culture

The Harlem Renaissance Is Still Alive In ‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’

October 27, 2026
Arts And Culture

Is Less Bad Still Good Enough?

October 26, 2026
Arts And Culture

Catapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun

October 23, 2026
Arts And Culture

Martin Mull Was A Good Painter And A Great Documentary Subject

October 23, 2026
Life's Rich Pageant

Let Us Know If You’ve Seen Sponge’s Stolen Guitars

October 22, 2026
Books

Brian Evenson Will Mess With Your Head

October 22, 2026
Listening Habits

It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical

October 22, 2026
Arts And Culture

Aaron Sorkin Wants To Pretend The Good Guys Won

October 22, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘Digger’ Is Smug, Cynical, And Perfectly Timed

October 21, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘Barbara Forever’ Won’t Let You Forget

October 20, 2026
Arts And Culture

There’s A Difference Between Honoring A Dead Artist And Exploiting One

October 19, 2026
Arts And Culture

Good Art Is Worth Waiting For

October 18, 2026
MLB

The Secret History Of Dodger Stadium’s Mysterious Concrete Murals

October 15, 2026
Arts And Culture

Making A Great Fantasy Map Is An Art, And Ross Douthat Sucks At It

October 15, 2026
Books

Francis Fukuyama Is The Last Grandpa

October 15, 2026
Arts And Culture

Sally Rooney Stands By Her Principles

October 14, 2026
Arts And Culture

Warhammer 40K Is Cool

October 14, 2026
This Is So Stupid

It’s Normal To Have Watched ‘The Batman’ Roughly Eight Times

October 13, 2026
Books

‘Fallow’ Explores A World Where Big Tech Has Disrupted Pregnancy

October 13, 2026
Older
Subscribe to skip adsAdvertisement