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''Last update: May 17, 2008.''
 
"Mdiamante" is the Wikipedia username for '''Matthew Diamante''', a [[San FranciscoFranciscan]]-raised studentwho currentlyholds pursuinga anB.A. undergraduatein degreeHistory atfrom [[Tufts University]].
 
 
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'''PUBLISHED WORKS'''
 
The arts section of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' printed a letterletters of Matthew's onin June 272000, 20002007 and December 28, 20072010; the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' printed a letter on December 3, 2007. OtherThese and other published works of his include:
 
 
2010
 
*In this May 25 letter to the ''Chronicle'', Matthew bemoans the failure of [[California Constitution|Repair California]]'s effort to call a state constitutional convention, and reprimands all three gubernatorial candidates for their uniform failures to engage with this vital and urgent matter. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/25/ED471DIROP.DTL]
 
 
2008
 
*In the wake of the [[United States general elections, 2008|fall elections]]' Democratic gains, Matthew argued that Congress should impeach and convict Bush and Cheney in the December 1 ''[[Tufts Daily]]''. [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/op-ed/congress_should_impeach_and_convict_bush_and_cheney]
*Matthew wrote a September 15 letter to the ''[[Tufts Daily]]'' assailing two right-wing op eds; an unedited version is available [[User:Mdiamante/Unedited_writings#A_September_.2708_letter_to_the_Tufts_Daily|here]].[http://www.tuftsdaily.com/1.745980]
 
*Before Obama clinched the nomination, Matthew touted former Vice President Gore as a possible compromise tiebreaker in a February 12 letter to the ''Daily''.[http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2008/02/12/OpEd/Letter.To.The.Editor-3203592.shtml]
*In November 2008, Matthew directed the Tufts 3Ps Workshop production ''Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Adventures'', his own adaptation of [[The Adventure of the Dying Detective|two]] [[The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton|of]] [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Canon of Sherlock Holmes|short stories]]; the ''Daily'' profiled it on November 7. [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/1.899584]
 
*Matthew wrote a September 15 letter to the ''[[Tufts Daily]]'' assailing two right-wing op eds; an unedited version is available [[User:Mdiamante/Unedited_writings#A_September_.2708_letter_to_the_Tufts_Daily|here]].[http://www.tuftsdaily.com/1.745980]
 
*Before Obama clinched the nomination, Matthew touted former Vice President Gore as a possible compromise tiebreaker in a February 12 letter to the ''Daily''. [http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2008/02/12/OpEd/Letter.To.The.Editor-3203592.shtml]
 
 
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*Matthew commented on a piece by Donna Freitas, Professor of Religion at Boston University, concerning theology in the book and film ''[[The Golden Compass]]'' in the December 3, 2007 ''[[Boston Globe]]''. [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/12/03/dark_materials_series_is_no_narnia/]
 
* Granted, a YouTube video hardly qualifies as "publishing", but this very short filmpiece from the Fallfall of 2004, (uploaded this October 3,) may nevertheless amuse: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft0r8nqJ-KM]
* Matthew wrote a review of ''[[Macbeth]]'', directed by Rupert Goold and starring Patrick Stewart, for the November 12 issue of the ''[[London Student]]''. The ''LS'' web site is in shambles, however, so you'll have to take my word for this.
 
* Granted, a YouTube video hardly qualifies as "publishing", but this short film from the Fall of 2004, uploaded this October 3, may nevertheless amuse: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft0r8nqJ-KM]
 
* Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] responded to a question of Matthew's in his September 20 ''Answer Man'' column. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/ANSWERMAN/709200316/1023]
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* Matthew phoned in to the KQED radio program ''Forum with Michael Krasny'' on August 24; the subject was a right-wing attempt to redirect half of California's Electoral College votes. Matthew's call appears at 41:49. [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R708240900]
 
* Matthew was credited in the May 20, 2007 Commencement issue of the ''Daily'' as the director of that April's one-act play ''[[Hidden in this Picture]]''.; Thethe show was written by ''The West Wing'' creator [[Aaron Sorkin]]. [http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2007/05/20/Arts/Theater.Year.In.Review.Tufts.Theater.In.20062007.Reveals.Inspired.Creativity.An-2904541.shtml]
 
*Matthew contributed an editorial on progressive values in popular culture to the March 2007 inaugural issue of Tufts Democrats magazine ''The Forum''. It can be found on page 16 of this [http://www.tuftsdemocrats.com/system/files/forum-final-s07.pdf .pdf file]; or read (''sans'' typos) [[User:Mdiamante/Unedited writings#Politics by Other Means|here]].
 
* Funny: Tufts' right-wing near-tabloid ''The Primary Source'' quoted Matthew twice this Spring ([http://tuftsprimarysource.org/?p=619], [http://tuftsprimarysource.org/?p=650]). The second quote, however, features two sentences unaccompanied by a crucial third, thus making the cited "example" rather opaque.
 
* A March 9 letter to the ''Daily'' concerning a fellow Jumbo's too-loosely worded assertion that "Roosevelt allowed Hitler to gain power and systematically murder over 11 million people." [http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2007/03/08/Editorial/Letter.To.The.Editor-2764643.shtml]
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* A letter to the ''Daily'' critiquing a fluff piece on a right-wing speaker. Published September 29. [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2006/09/29/Editorial/Letter.To.The.Editor.journalist.Mccain.Despite.06.Edge.Corruption.Also.Dogs.Dem-2316535.shtml?norewrite200610271324&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com]
 
* A ''Daily'' editorial praising the seven-year run of ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'', and asking "what's next?" for left-wing entertainment. Published May 1. [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2006/05/01/Viewpoints/Ode-To.An.American.Dream-1897189.shtml?norewrite200610271328&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com]
* An analysis of the political implications of summer of 2006's blockbuster films for the ''Observer''. The published essay [http://www.tuftsobserver.org/arts/20060831/its_in_the_subtext_multip.html], which appeared in the September 29 issue, was heavily edited. A complete version of the essay can be found [[User:Mdiamante/Unedited_writings#It.27s_in_the_Subtext:_Multiplex_Politics|here]].
 
* A ''Daily'' editorial praising the seven-year run of ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'', and asking "what's next?" for left-wing entertainment. Published May 1. [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2006/05/01/Viewpoints/Ode-To.An.American.Dream-1897189.shtml?norewrite200610271328&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com]
 
 
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* The ''[[The Tufts Daily|Tufts Daily]]'' ran a profile of Matthew on November 28. Though not the most accurate piece, it's an amusing read: [http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2005/11/28/Features/Aspiring.Filmmaker.Turns.Room.Into.Museum-1492195.shtml?norewrite200612072215&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com]
 
* A history of [[Zorro]], written for ''[[The Tufts Observer]]''. Published November 11. [http://www.tuftsobserver.org/arts/20051111/the_phenomenon_of_zorro_c.html]
 
* A year and a half or so after it was written, Matthew's biographical profile of a [[Putney School]] teacher appeared in the Spring 2005 ''Putney Post'': [http://www.putneyschool.org/post/pdf/spring2005/abijah.pdf]
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* In my first notable published work (in the June 27 ''San Francisco Chronicle''), I accusedcalled the first three ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books of being "funny and exciting", butyet found them lacking "in terms of quality," championing [[Philip Pullman]]'s ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' and [[Lloyd Alexander]]'s ''[[The Chronicles of Prydain]]'' instead. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/06/27/DD45043.DTL&hw=Matthew+Diamante&sn=002&sc=187]
 
 
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* "[[Spanish Ladies]]": One of, if not ''the'', greatest sea shanties ever known to old salts.
 
* "[[The Course of Empire (paintings)|The Course of Empire]]", a five-part series of paintings by [[Thomas Cole]] in the 1830s.
 
* "[[San Francisco Bound]]": a 1913 song by [[Irving Berlin]].