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Christopher DiRaddo

Author of The Family Way & The Geography of Pluto

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Pluto on The Next Chapter

March 17, 2019November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

The book has been out for five years now, so it’s always nice when someone draws attention to it again. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to see Victor Dwyer compare my book to Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer […]

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The Violet Letter Mailing List

October 8, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Like so many others, I’m getting sick of Facebook. I keep flirting with the idea of cancelling my account, but I can’t (at least not now). Facebook has also been making it difficult for me to reach Violet Hour members […]

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Violet Hour Book Club

September 8, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

So, I’m starting a book club. The Violet Hour Book Club will meet (hopefully) four times a year to discuss modern or classic works of LGBTQ literature. Ideally, the author will also join us (either in person, or by Skype). […]

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Outside the Margins: Community, Representation and Resilience

September 2, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Another panel I curated for last year’s Violet Metropolis, the LGBTQ leg of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, was this one where three Canadian writers spoke about their new books and the power and responsibility they feel in writing about […]

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Hard to Imagine: Tom Waugh on Teaching as Activism

August 11, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

Last April, I curated Violet Metropolis, an LGBTQ leg of Montreal’s Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. It was a career highlight of mine: five events, 15 writers, working with partners like Never Apart, Air Canada, Arsenal Pulp Press, Concordia University […]

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Behind the Seams at the Austin International Drag Festival

June 13, 2018November 16, 2020 ChrisWriting

I never feel more like a journalist than when I am on assignment for enRoute magazine. I suppose it’s as close to what I hoped a career in journalism would be: Researching a story, pitching it to an editor, booking […]

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