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Life Lessons
Why Can’t I Turn Off The Game?
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Felix Kent
March 22, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘Dune’ Novels, Ranked By Unfilmability
289
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Danny Sullivan
March 5, 2024
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Interviews
“It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste”: An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld
43
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Nicholas Russell
March 4, 2024
Podcasts
Lessons Of Collapse And The Christian Version Of Limp Bizkit, With Jason Kirk
165
Comments
David Roth
February 1, 2024
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2023
238
Comments
Defector Staff
December 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
A Year In Pursuit Of Moby Dick
143
Comments
Nicholas Russell
December 15, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Gonna Kiss That White Whale
212
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 13, 2023
Arts And Culture
If BookTok Convinces Teens They’re Ready For Erotica, Is It My Job To Stop Them?
159
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Jackie Charniga
November 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
How The Defector Staff Organizes Their Books
292
Comments
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
Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ Goes In Circles
285
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 10, 2023
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2022
317
Comments
Defector Staff
December 26, 2022
This Is So Stupid
Are You The General Of Carl von Clausewitz’s Dreams? Take This Quiz To Find Out!
180
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Felix Kent
October 3, 2022
Journalismism
Axios Employees Instructed To Use Axios Funds To Buy Six Copies Each Of Axios Founders’ Dumb Book
264
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Laura Wagner
September 23, 2022
Arts And Culture
Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan
75
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Patrick Redford
June 29, 2022
Arts And Culture
The Queen Of Writing The Beautiful Mundane
49
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Kelsey McKinney
June 12, 2022
Arts And Culture
Reading Is Easy, TV Is Hard
148
Comments
Felix Kent
March 2, 2022
This Is So Stupid
To Stop The Creeping Liberalism Of Books, You Must Destroy The Cloud
243
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
February 3, 2022
Zillowing Out
A $900,000 (Maybe?) Home That Someone Loved Very Much
149
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
January 29, 2022
Life Lessons
This Is Not Actually An Endorsement Of Ditching Your Childhood Friends
99
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Felix Kent
January 28, 2022
Arts And Culture
No Wonder Left In World Now That Mysterious Book Thief Has Been Arrested
106
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Kelsey McKinney
January 6, 2022
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2021
299
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Defector Staff
December 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies
This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas
352
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Barry Petchesky
October 26, 2021
Pro Wrestling
These Are The Books Wrestling Fans Want Philadelphia Children To Read
77
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Dan McQuade
October 7, 2021
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell’ Is A Horror Collection That Will Validate Your Misery
16
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Nicholas Russell
August 17, 2021
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