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Sarah Borus

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Arts And Culture

You’ve Got To Hand It To Rodin

Nick Martin

Danny McBride Leaves You Wandering

Lauren Theisen

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After The Argument Comes The Rest Of Your Lives

Natalie Weiner

Interviews

Colson Whitehead Talks About Embracing Change, Pulling Off A Heist, And Finding A Good Coffee Table

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


Grace Byron

Can Men Stop Hating Women?

Israel Daramola

For Better Or Worse, ‘The Odyssey’ Is Peak Christopher Nolan

Charlotte Rosen

How Cops Consolidated So Much Power Over Local Governments

Defector Staff

Children watching a movie at the Bankside Film Theatre in London, UK, 27th July 1973. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

What’s The Worst Movie You’ve Ever Watched In A Theater?

Sohini Desai

Dinaw Mengestu speaks onstage during the 2026 PEN America Spring Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History

PEN America’s “Silent Moratorium” Prompts Very Loud Criticism

Listening Habits

Who’s Afraid Of A Scammer Anthem?

‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest Product Of The Culture Of Petulance

Tajja Isen

‘Famous Men’ And Ambitious Women

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Robert Rubsam

‘The Furious’ Kicks Ass

Meet The Broadway Actor Teaching Public Defenders How To Win In Court

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


Nicholas Russell

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Darren Aronofsky’s AI Videos Are A Fitting Tribute To America, I Guess

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


Drew Magary

Life's Rich Pageant

Only A Complete Asshole Would Get Married At Madison Square Garden