The Violet Letter

The Violet Letter

“Are you taking notes?”

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Christopher DiRaddo
Dec 09, 2025
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The last couple of years I have been obsessed with Italian culture, especially in books. It started during the pandemic, when I had a lot of time on my hands and found myself missing my family. I’m half-Italian, but have a complicated relationship with that identity (you can hear what I have to say about it in this 2021 doc).

While I eschewed Italian cul…

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