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Defector Reads A Book
From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’
170
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Sabrina Imbler
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Barry Petchesky
,
Patrick Redford
, and
David Roth
February 14, 2024
Year In Review
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238
Comments
Defector Staff
December 27, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
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212
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 13, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Uncoil Your Neck, Turn Down The Cicadas, And Come Chat About ‘Y/N’ With Us
37
Comments
Patrick Redford
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Alex Sujong Laughlin
, and
Kelsey McKinney
November 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
How The Defector Staff Organizes Their Books
292
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Defector Staff
November 3, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Getting Low-Key Parasocial With It
28
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Patrick Redford
October 19, 2023
Arts And Culture
Not Even The Patron Stooge Of Fawning Biographies Can Make Elon Musk Look Good
396
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James Robins
September 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
I’m A Card-Carrying Member Of Maria Bamford’s Cult
169
Comments
Soraya Roberts
September 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
The ‘Slough House’ Series Lets Spies Be The Losers They Are
114
Comments
Nicholas Russell
September 13, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Grab A Tortilla And Come Talk About All Of Cormac McCarthy’s Pretty Horses
78
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Barry Petchesky
, and
Patrick Redford
July 26, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Spending The Summer With The Late Cormac McCarthy
170
Comments
Giri Nathan
June 14, 2023
Capital
In The Fight For Justice, The Police Can Only Be On One Side
242
Comments
Dan Berger
May 3, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Let’s All Confess What We Thought Of ‘The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter’
43
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Kelsey McKinney
, and
Alex Sujong Laughlin
April 27, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Back For April
75
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
March 24, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
We Went Rogue With China Miéville’s ‘This Census-Taker’
166
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Giri Nathan
,
Barry Petchesky
, and
Patrick Redford
February 22, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Has Lined Up A Quick One For February
41
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 20, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Let’s Speak Of The Devil (And His Fat Cat) In ‘The Master And Margarita’
86
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
, and
Barry Petchesky
January 11, 2023
Interviews
Star Essayist Sabrina Imbler TELLS ALL In An EXCLUSIVE In-Depth Interview
61
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
December 6, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Has Made Its Winter Pick
88
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 2, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Tristram Shandy Would Surely Call Us “Jack Asses” For Writing This Post
43
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
, and
Barry Petchesky
November 16, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Going Long In September And October [Update]
72
Comments
Giri Nathan
September 16, 2022
Capital
Growth For What: The Shaky Promise Of Green Capitalism
153
Comments
Malcolm Harris
September 2, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
We Were Bowled Over By ‘Beyond A Boundary’
80
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
, and
Laura Wagner
August 31, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
We Tried To Review Lis Smith’s Vapid New Book
367
Comments
Laura Wagner
and
Ashley Feinberg
August 4, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Here’s Our Defector Reads A Book Selection For August
57
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
July 29, 2022
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