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Defector Reads A Book

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

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

April 27, 2023

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Defector Reads A Book Is Back For April

Maitreyi Anantharaman

March 24, 2023

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Defector Reads A Book

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

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

February 22, 2023

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

January 20, 2023

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

Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, and Barry Petchesky

January 11, 2023

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

Maitreyi Anantharaman

December 6, 2022

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Defector Reads A Book Has Made Its Winter Pick

December 2, 2022

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

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]

September 16, 2022

Growth For What: The Shaky Promise Of Green Capitalism

September 2, 2022

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We Were Bowled Over By ‘Beyond A Boundary’

Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, and Laura Wagner

August 31, 2022

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We Tried To Review Lis Smith’s Vapid New Book

Laura Wagner and Ashley Feinberg

August 4, 2022

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Here’s Our Defector Reads A Book Selection For August

Maitreyi Anantharaman

July 29, 2022

The Read Planet: Let’s Discuss ‘The Martian Chronicles’

Kelsey McKinney, Barry Petchesky, Patrick Redford, and Chris Thompson

July 14, 2022

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Defector Reads A Book Has Picked Its Next Book, To Read

Barry Petchesky

June 21, 2022

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Holy Sheets! It’s Time To Discuss ‘Lucky Jim’

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

June 9, 2022

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Defector Reads A Book Is Finally Back!

Maitreyi Anantharaman

May 13, 2022

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Defector Reads A Tablet: It’s Time To Discuss ‘The Epic Of Gilgamesh’

Maitreyi Anantharaman, Giri Nathan, Barry Petchesky, and Kelsey McKinney

April 14, 2022

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The March Defector Reads A Book Selection Is Here

Maitreyi Anantharaman

March 15, 2022

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I Peeked Inside An Elite Athlete’s Head And It’s A Foreign Country In There

Maitreyi Anantharaman

March 9, 2022

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Come Discuss ‘The Age Of Innocence’ With Us, But Don’t Cause A Scene

Maitreyi Anantharaman, Kelsey McKinney, and Barry Petchesky

March 3, 2022

Arts And Culture

Reading Is Easy, TV Is Hard

March 2, 2022

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Here’s The First 2022 Selection For Defector Reads A Book

Kelsey McKinney

January 21, 2022

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Psst! Let’s Talk About ‘The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’

Maitreyi Anantharaman, Albert Burneko, and Barry Petchesky

January 11, 2022

The Best Things We Read In 2021

December 29, 2021