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Snapshots of Yerevan’s ancient and recent past.
J.C. Hallman
J.C. Hallman is the author of a collection of stories and six books of nonfiction. His most recent book, which draws in part on previous work in The Baffler, is Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health. He lives in Tulsa.
Remember the Potemkin
March 14, 2022
Memories of Odessa.
Quagmire Days
April 20, 2020
Settling in for the “Covid Spring” in small-town Wyoming.
On The Pursuit of Human-Level Interestingness Value in AI2-Generated Literary Textual Events
A short story by J.C. Hallman.
The Cry of Alice
November 11, 2019
One of the best stories in Africa today is linked to one of the worst stories in America’s past.
Game Theories
There’s a moment late in Arnt Jensen’s Inside (2016) that bears serious consideration. It comes after the popular videogame’s pre-teen protagonist undergoes a transformation. This kid started out in Inside’s predecessor, Limbo (2010), as a cartoonish figure resembling ...
Chess in Kiev
June 8, 2018
Putin plays chess, not poker—short term material sacrifices can ensure a long term positional advantage.
I Think Icahn, I Think Icahn . . .
August 21, 2017
Our former casino owner of a president is doubling his wager after every political loss, and we’re all watching his stack of chips diminish exponentially.