Christine Palamidessi Moore
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Christine Palamidessi Moore (born in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
) is an Italian-American writer and novelist.
with an Master of Arts
from the Creative Writing Department where she studied with Leslie Epstein
, Sue Miller
and Richard Elman
. She taught writing at the University from 1993 to 2000.
Her work appeared in Andy Warhol
’s Interview, New Woman Magazine, New Video Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, Italian Americana, Aethlon, Stone's Throw. Her memoir, Grandmothers, won a Boston MBTA Monument Award and was engraved on a granite monolith displayed at Jackson Square on Boston's Orange Line.
Her novel, The Virgin Knows, is set in Boston's Italian neighborhood, the North End.
She has been a Senior Editor at Italian Americana since 2000.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
) is an Italian-American writer and novelist.
Life
She graduated from Boston UniversityBoston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
with an Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from the Creative Writing Department where she studied with Leslie Epstein
Leslie Epstein
Leslie Donald Epstein is an American novelist.He has written nine novels including King of the Jews , Pandaemonium , and San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory , based on his childhood growing up in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s...
, Sue Miller
Sue Miller
Sue Miller is an American writer who has authored a number of best-selling novels. Her duties as a single mother left her with little time to write for many years, and as a result she did not publish her first novel until 1986, after spending almost a decade in various fellowships and teaching...
and Richard Elman
Richard Elman
Richard Elman was a novelist, poet, journalist, and teacher. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Yiddish-speaking and came to this country at the turn of the 20th century from Russo-Poland. His boyhood is captured in his comic novel Fredi & Shirl & The Kids: An Autobiography In...
. She taught writing at the University from 1993 to 2000.
Her work appeared in Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
’s Interview, New Woman Magazine, New Video Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, Italian Americana, Aethlon, Stone's Throw. Her memoir, Grandmothers, won a Boston MBTA Monument Award and was engraved on a granite monolith displayed at Jackson Square on Boston's Orange Line.
Her novel, The Virgin Knows, is set in Boston's Italian neighborhood, the North End.
She has been a Senior Editor at Italian Americana since 2000.