Tag: covid

• February 23, 2024

  A Quarantine Chess Scene

  Created November 10, 2021 as a hypothetical narrative for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts You sit down at your computer, free from responsibility for the night. You boot up your browser to Twitch, as watching chess streams has been your main method of soothing cabin fever during quarantine. All of the usual…
• February 23, 2024

  Why Chess is the Greatest Modern Game: An Interview

  Created November 17, 2021 as a hypothetical narrative for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts Three ice cubes drop into a rocks glass with a clink. The cap is popped off a bottle of McClelland’s single malt scotch. The glass is filled, and through my Discord call, a burly 24-year old carpenter named Nolan settles into…
• February 23, 2024

  Tales of Korean Barbecue

  Published September 17, 2020 on personal blog Korean barbecue is a peculiar and interesting dining experience, boasting a laborious set of customs and practices that make it a pleasant far cry from just about every other restaurant variety a consumer could step foot in. In just about every regard, it is completely unique, which is a…
• February 23, 2024

  How Chess Became the Greatest Game in Quarantine: A Feature

  Created November 27, 2021 as a hypothetical feature for Sports Illustrated within Practicum: Writing in the Arts To many, the Covid-19 pandemic marked the end of days where something truly electrifying was allowed to happen on a court of field. It was an acceleration of the sports world’s slow trend downwards into corporate puppeteering. In the past individuals…