‘Compact’ Makes an Impact

“Hello, my name is Anna, and I’m an alcoholic. Oops … those are the wrong notes. That’s for my nine o’clock.” So went the unorthodox opening remarks of cultural critic Anna Khachiyan at an unorthodox venue—the Angelika Film Center, in New York City—for the inaugural event of Compact, a journal of unorthodox thought, launched in March of this year.