J. C. Hallman

J. C. Hallman is the author of a number of books, and the editor of The Story About the Story Series from Tin House Books. His most recent book, Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health, is forthcoming in 2023.

Articles

All Despotisms Must End: On Lydia Moland’s “Lydia Maria Child”
J. C. Hallman reviews Lydia Moland’s biography of a 19th-century abolitionist, “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life.”
J. C. HallmanFeb 5, 2023
- Nonfiction
Self-Flagellation in Pursuit of Atonement
Steve Almond’s ambivalent love letter to John Williams’s novel “Stoner.”
J. C. HallmanJul 19, 2019
- Literary Criticism
The Charred Remains of the Fairy Tale
A Nigerian author’s new novel shows why #BringBackOurGirls is a Western fantasy.
J. C. HallmanSep 21, 2018
- Around the World
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
How to Endure
"The Dead Ladies Project" is sometimes rollicking, sometimes panicked, but always insightful and moving.
J. C. HallmanSep 21, 2015
- Nonfiction
Serial Reader
Which books does Wendy Lesser love best? J.C. Hallman finds out ...
J. C. HallmanFeb 27, 2014
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Fiction

J. C. Hallman

Articles

All Despotisms Must End: On Lydia Moland’s “Lydia Maria Child”

Self-Flagellation in Pursuit of Atonement

The Charred Remains of the Fairy Tale

How to Endure

Serial Reader