Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book

Come And Sit By ‘The Fire Next Time’ With Defector Reads A Book

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Kelsey McKinney, Giri Nathan, David Roth, and Patrick Redford

May 16, 2024

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Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Returns With ‘The Fire Next Time’

By Patrick Redford

April 16, 2024

58Comments

Defector Reads A Book

From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’

By Sabrina Imbler, Kelsey McKinney, Barry Petchesky, Patrick Redford, and David Roth

February 14, 2024

167Comments

Year In Review

The Best Things We Read In 2023

By Defector Staff

December 27, 2023

238Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Gonna Kiss That White Whale

By Patrick Redford

December 13, 2023

212Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Uncoil Your Neck, Turn Down The Cicadas, And Come Chat About ‘Y/N’ With Us

By Patrick Redford, Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, Alex Sujong Laughlin, and Kelsey McKinney

November 15, 2023

37Comments

Arts And Culture

How The Defector Staff Organizes Their Books

By Defector Staff

November 3, 2023

292Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Getting Low-Key Parasocial With It

By Patrick Redford

October 19, 2023

28Comments

Arts And Culture

Not Even The Patron Stooge Of Fawning Biographies Can Make Elon Musk Look Good

By James Robins

September 22, 2023

393Comments

Arts And Culture

I’m A Card-Carrying Member Of Maria Bamford’s Cult

By Soraya Roberts

September 15, 2023

169Comments

Arts And Culture

The ‘Slough House’ Series Lets Spies Be The Losers They Are

By Nicholas Russell

September 13, 2023

115Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Grab A Tortilla And Come Talk About All Of Cormac McCarthy’s Pretty Horses

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, Barry Petchesky, and Patrick Redford

July 26, 2023

78Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Spending The Summer With The Late Cormac McCarthy

By Giri Nathan

June 14, 2023

170Comments

Capital

In The Fight For Justice, The Police Can Only Be On One Side

By Dan Berger

May 3, 2023

242Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Let’s All Confess What We Thought Of ‘The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter’

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, Kelsey McKinney, and Alex Sujong Laughlin

April 27, 2023

43Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Back For April

By Maitreyi Anantharaman

March 24, 2023

75Comments

Defector Reads A Book

We Went Rogue With China Miéville’s ‘This Census-Taker’

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Kelsey McKinney, Giri Nathan, Barry Petchesky, and Patrick Redford

February 22, 2023

166Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Has Lined Up A Quick One For February

By Giri Nathan

January 20, 2023

41Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Let’s Speak Of The Devil (And His Fat Cat) In ‘The Master And Margarita’

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, and Barry Petchesky

January 11, 2023

86Comments

Interviews

Star Essayist Sabrina Imbler TELLS ALL In An EXCLUSIVE In-Depth Interview

By Maitreyi Anantharaman

December 6, 2022

61Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Has Made Its Winter Pick

By Giri Nathan

December 2, 2022

88Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Tristram Shandy Would Surely Call Us “Jack Asses” For Writing This Post

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, and Barry Petchesky

November 16, 2022

43Comments

Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Going Long In September And October [Update]

By Giri Nathan

September 16, 2022

72Comments

Capital

Growth For What: The Shaky Promise Of Green Capitalism

By Malcolm Harris

September 2, 2022

129Comments

Defector Reads A Book

We Were Bowled Over By ‘Beyond A Boundary’

By Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, and Laura Wagner

August 31, 2022

80Comments

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