James Armijo

@abjwriter.bsky.social

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Author of queer 20th c historical fiction. I'm not posting about politics on Bluesky; if you want to see my political takes, look at https://www.tumblr.com/amielbjacobs where I have the wordcount for nuance. Here it's all writing, all the time.

Kitten flops down face-first
A series of portraits of two men, one thin and dark, the other heavy and pale. The captions on the thin man read "1929 - 18yo civilian, 1932 - 22 yo OGPU recruit, 1942 - 32 yo NKVD intelligence officer, 1955 - 45 KGB diplomatic cover, 1965 - defector, living w/ Wallace, teaching Russian." The captions on the heavy blond man read "1928 - 18yo Yale journalism student, 1936 - 26yo struggling journalist, 1941 - 31 yo OSS officer recruiting German POWs, 1955 - 45 yo CIA diplomatic cover, torture survivor, 1965, 55yo journalist/writer, living w/ Mirsky."
Nine images: 50s men in suits with their faces blurred out, the text "I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not a virtue. It was a disguise.", a declassified CIA manual, the CIA logo, the face of a middle-aged, worn-looking white man, sweet tea in the southern style, a pile of james bond books, the text I'M GONNA PROVE YOU ALL WRONG, and an American Flag in black and white
Four images: a soviet and American flag smudged and lying on the ground together, two sillhouetted figures close together as if embracing, a typewriter in black and white, a gun in black and white, blackout poetry showing the words "Is this the life we really want?", burning letters, and two shadowy figures sharing the shelter of an umbrella.
A series of portraits of two men, one thin and dark, the other heavy and pale. The captions on the thin man read "1929 - 18yo civilian, 1932 - 22 yo OGPU recruit, 1942 - 32 yo NKVD intelligence officer, 1955 - 45 KGB diplomatic cover, 1965 - defector, living w/ Wallace, teaching Russian." The captions on the heavy blond man read "1928 - 18yo Yale journalism student, 1936 - 26yo struggling journalist, 1941 - 31 yo OSS officer recruiting German POWs, 1955 - 45 yo CIA diplomatic cover, torture survivor, 1965, 55yo journalist/writer, living w/ Mirsky."