Anthony Oliveira

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Anthony Oliveira
EducationUniversity of Toronto
Occupation(s)Author, journalist and pop culture critic
Websiteanthonyoliveira.com Edit this at Wikidata

Anthony Oliveira (IPA: /ˌɒlɪvˈeɪrə/, O-liv-AY-ruh)[1] is a Canadian author, journalist and pop culture critic. He is the winner of multiple GLAAD Media Awards and National Magazine Awards for his prose, comics, and journalism, which often focus on the intersection of queerness, religion, and culture.

He is the author of the 2024 international bestselling[2] novel Dayspring[3] and has written comics for Marvel Comics and Steven Universe, among others. His prose work has been published in The Washington Post,[4] Fangoria, StarTrek.com,[5] Hazlitt[6][7][8][9] and many others.

Career[edit]

Academia and journalism[edit]

Oliveira received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2017,[10] with a thesis entitled "Exit the King: Sovereignty and Subjectivity in the English Baroque".[11] As a graduate student, he won the Ruth E. and Harry E. Carter/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Arts and Science for 2014–15.[12]

Oliveira covered the 2010–2017 serial killings of queer men in Toronto by murderer Bruce McArthur for multiple outlets and was the courtroom reporter during the trial for queer publication Xtra Magazine.[13] His piece, "Death in the Village", which sketched life in Toronto's queer community during the trial and under escalating police brutality against LGBTQ+ people in the city, subsequently won two National Media Awards Foundation National Magazine Awards (for Long-form Feature, and Essay).[7][14] Oliveira has been an outspoken critic of the Toronto Police and their failure to protect the queer community, particularly in relation to the McArthur killings.[15][16]

Oliveira's writing has covered events such as the death and legacy of filmmarker Joel Schumacher[8] and topics such as LGBTQ Pride Month[4] and the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

Pop culture critic[edit]

Oliveira founded the Dumpster Raccoon Cinema film program at Toronto's Revue Cinema in July 2018,[18] with the goal to "forage through our culture trash to figure out what it is, how it works, why we discarded it, what it can teach us".[18] The series has included camp classics such as Mommy Dearest and Death Becomes Her,[19] film classics such as Sunset Boulevard[20] and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,[21] and multiple sold-out screenings of the 2019 "cult classic" Cats, featuring drag performances and video pre-shows.[22] The series has been repeatedly included among Toronto highlights by Now magazine.[22][23]

Oliveira has been a frequent guest on podcasts, appearing to discuss pop culture ranging from the X-Men on podcasts such as Cerebrocast[24][25] and Greymalkin Lane[26] to Buffy the Vampire Slayer[27] to Frasier,[28] [29] as well as classical literature such as Paradise Lost.[30] Notably, Oliveira has appeared with Julia Lewald and Eric Lewald, creators of X-Men: The Animated Series, and Lenore Zann, former Canadian MP and the voice of Rogue, to discuss the X-Men TV series,[31] and alongside Trixie Mattel to discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[32]

In 2023, Oliveira organized the Pride programming for Hollywood Suite, choosing over 30 important queer films as "a small capsule summary of the last few decades of queer film".[33][34] He has appeared multiple times on Hollywood Suite's podcast A Year in Film, discussing films such as Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,[35] Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell,[36] and others.[37]

In 2020, Oliveira hosted a conversation with Rufus Wainwright, playwright Daniel MacIvor, and director Peter Hinton accompanying Wainwright's opera Hadrian at the Canadian Opera Company.[38]

On-screen performance[edit]

In 2018 and 2019, Oliveira co-hosted the red carpet for the Toronto International Film Festival,[39][40] interviewing stars such as Chris Pine,[41] Susan Sarandon,[42] Sam Neill,[43] and others. Oliveira has hosted multiple events for TIFF,[44][45] including their 2023[46] and 2024[47] Oscars parties. Oliveira made his on-screen movie debut in the movie Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls, playing Bret, a comic book store clerk.[48][49]

The Devil's Party[edit]

Since March 2018,[50] Oliveira has published The Devil's Party, a podcast in which takes a "book-club style reading" to "help first-timers and experts alike in catching the weird magic of these important and influential texts".[51] Oliveria has covered such texts as Paradise Lost,[52] Paradise Regained,[53] the Gospels of Mark[54] and John,[55] and the Revelation of John,[56] with each reading from the text followed by an episode of his own commentary and an episode responding to reader questions submitted by subscribers to his Patreon.

Starting in April 2023 with the Revelation of John,[57] Oliveira's commentary The Devil's Party has been available for free on podcast networks such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts, while the reader commentary episodes remain available to Patreon subscribers. The Devil's Party was the inaugural podcast for the Affirming Connections’ Spiritual Podcast club.[58]

Comics[edit]

Oliveira has written for a number of major comics lines and characters, including Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel,[59] the Young Avengers,[60] and the X-Men,[61][62] as well as Steven Universe.[63] Oliveira's works have been described by comics reviewers as "rewarding, fun, and heartfelt", with Oliveira described as "a thoughtful writer"[60] with "a deft hand".[59]

Oliveira's comics have won multiple awards, including two GLAAD Media Awards: the 2021 award for Outstanding Comic Book for Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling[64] and the 2023 award for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Anthology for Young Men in Love,[65] which also won the Gayming Magazine Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment Award.[66] Emperor Hulkling #1 (with Chip Zdarsky) was named a "Best Single Issue (One-Shot or Otherwise)" by AIPT Comics in 2020[67] and included by Syfy.com among the best comics of 2020.[68]

Oliveira's first graphic novel Apocrypha is due to be published by Harper Teen in 2024.[63][69]

Prose writing[edit]

Oliveira's debut novel Dayspring will be published in April 2024 by Strange Light Press (a division of Penguin Random House). Dayspring was named one of the most anticipated books of 2024 by GQ[70] and the Toronto Star.[71] The book is based on Oliveira's 2019 short story of the same name,[72] published in Hazlitt,[9] which won the 2020 National Magazine Award for fiction.[73]

Oliveira's short story, "An Incident at Exeter", was adapted into a podcast by Pseudopod.[74] Oliveira was a guest judge for Event magazine's 2019 non-fiction contest.[75]

Personal life[edit]

Oliveira identifies as queer.[76][77] He grew up in an Azorean Portuguese family in Toronto,[3] attending St. Michael's College School.[3] As of 2024, Oliveira continues to live in Toronto.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anthony Oliveira [@meakoopa] (28 July 2022). "OH-LEE-VEY-⟨ɾ⟩A if you're being fancy (with an alveolar tap – like the d/t sound in "better") but just AWL-LIV-ERA is fine honestly 💚💛" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/international-30-bestselling-books-of-the-week-for-april-6
  3. ^ a b c Paul Gallant (12 March 2024). "The Profane and Raunchy Christ of Anthony Oliveira's Dayspring". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b Anthony Oliveira (4 July 2018). "Pride Month is over. Welcome to LGBTQ Wrath Month". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ Anthony Oliveira (1 November 2022). "A Trick of the Light: On the Ethics of Holograms". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ Anthony Oliveira (22 December 2017). "The Year in Apocalypses". Hazlitt. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b Anthony Oliveira (2 February 2018). "Death in the Village". Hazlitt. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b Anthony Oliveira (26 June 2020). "Paper Faces on Parade". Hazlitt. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b Anthony Oliveira (2 May 2019). "Dayspring". Hazlitt. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Placement". University of Toronto Department of English. 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  11. ^ Anthony Oliveira (November 2017). "Exit the King: Sovereignty and Subjectivity in the English Baroque". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Accolades". University of Toronto English Department. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  13. ^ Anthony Oliveira (21 February 2019). "The wolf in the fold". Xtra Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Winners Announced for the 2019 National Magazine Awards". National Media Awards Foundation. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via Newswire.ca.
  15. ^ "Toronto's Gay Village grapples with McArthur's guilty plea". The Ryersonian. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Anthony Oliveira PHd On How Cops Handled Bruce McArthur Investigation". Cision. CTV News. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2024 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ Anthony Oliveira (15 December 2020). "The Year in the Wilderness". Hazlitt. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  18. ^ a b Norman Wilner (17 July 2018). "Screening series of the week: Dumpster Raccoon". Now Toronto. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  19. ^ "Dumpster Raccoon". Revue Cinema. December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  20. ^ "Sunset Boulevard (1950)". Revue Cinema. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (30th Anniversary Screening!)". Revue Cinema. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  22. ^ a b Norman Wilner (11 January 2020). "Cats is already getting the cult classic treatment in Toronto". Now Toronto. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  23. ^ "The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: October 15–17". Now Toronto. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  24. ^ Kwame Opam (27 July 2022). "Podcasts About Marvel's X-Men Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  25. ^ Connor Goldsmith (2023). "Cerebro". Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Graymalkin Lane the podcast". Greymalkin Lane. Redcircle. 2024. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  27. ^ Ian Carlos Crawford (4 December 2018). "Ep 84: Death and Other Gifts, A Recap". Slayerfest98. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024. Trixie Mattel, Ian Carlos Crawford, Joe Reid, and Anthony Oliveira team-up in the 84th episode to recap Buffy the Vampire Slayer's iconic season 5.
  28. ^ "The Weirdness of Frasier". More Banana Productions. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024. Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) returns to the podcast to discuss his favorite high-concept and just plain weird episodes of Frasier.
  29. ^ "The Queerness of Frasier". More Banana Productions. 14 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024. Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) returns to the podcast to discuss his favorite high-concept and just plain weird episodes of Frasier.
  30. ^ "8B. Bonus: Anthony Oliveira on Paradise Lost". Megaphonic. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024. A bonus to our episode on Paradise Lost! We are joined by Anthony Oliveira, a writer, film curator, and cultural critic who received his PhD in English from the University of Toronto.
  31. ^ Ian Carlos Crawford (22 September 2020). "X-Men: The Animated Series Roundtable". Slayerfest98. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024. Hosts Anthony Oliveira and Ian Carlos Crawford talk everything X-Men: The Animated Series with show-runner/writer Eric Lewald, show writer Julia Lewald, and Rogue herself Lenore Zann.
  32. ^ Ian Carlos Crawford (4 December 2018). "Ep 84: Death and Other Gifts, A Recap". Slayerfest98. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024. Trixie Mattel, Ian Carlos Crawford, Joe Reid, and Anthony Oliveira team-up in the 84th episode to recap Buffy the Vampire Slayer's iconic season 5.
  33. ^ Angie Power (1 June 2023). "Hollywood Suite Slays All June With 2023 Pride Programming". Hollywood Suite. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  34. ^ Anthony Oliveira (1 June 2023). "Anthony Oliveira's Pride Picks". Hollywood Suite. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  35. ^ "A Year in Film Live! 1993 — Batman: Mask of the Phantasm & Demolition Man: Big City Bads (feat. Anthony Oliveira)". Hollywood Suite. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Acast.
  36. ^ "1973 — Godspell & Jesus Christ Superstar: Hippie Musicals (feat. Anthony Oliveira)". Hollywood Suite. 19 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Acast.
  37. ^ "1977 — Turning Point & New York, New York: WWII Before and After (feat. Anthony Oliveira)". Hollywood Suite. 25 April 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Acast.
  38. ^ "Hadrian Watch Party and Live Q&A". Canadian Opera Company. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  39. ^ Dave Forde (29 August 2018). "Hudson's Bay Named Official Fashion Retailer and Red Carpet Sponsor of 43rd Toronto International Film Festival". PR in Canada. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  40. ^ "Stripes, Camera, Fashion! Hudson's Bay rolls out the signature striped carpet at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival®". NewsWire.ca. 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024. audiences can tune into TIFF's social channels to watch co-hosts, Alicia Malone, Amanda Parris and Anthony Oliveira meet with the stars of TIFF's most buzz-worthy titles to talk all things film and fashion.
  41. ^ George Pimentel (6 September 2018). "2018 Toronto International Film Festival – Outlaw King Premiere – Red Carpet". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Anthony Oliveira, Chris Pine, and Amanda Brugel attend the Outlaw King premiere
  42. ^ George Pimentel (6 September 2019). "2019 Toronto International Film Festival – Blackbird Premiere – Red Carpet". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Anthony Oliveira, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Malone attends the Blackbird premiere
  43. ^ George Pimentel (6 September 2019). "2019 Toronto International Film Festival – Blackbird Premiere – Red Carpet". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Anthony Oliveira, Sam Neill, and Alicia Malone attends the Blackbird premiere.
  44. ^ "Anthony Oliveira on The Blue Angel". Toronto International Film Festival. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  45. ^ Anthony Oliveira (2023). "Oscars Watch Party". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Hosts Anthony Oliveira and Sarah-Tai Black are here to guide you through a fun-filled evening
  46. ^ Julia Mastroianni (8 March 2023). "6 of the best Oscars watch parties to attend in Toronto this weekend". TIFF. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024. Hosts Anthony Oliveira and Sarah-Tai Black are here to guide you through a fun-filled evening
  47. ^ Anthony Oliveira [@meakoopa] (11 March 2024). "had pa phenomenal time hosting the #Oscars for @tiff_net last night with @big_dyke_energy.gif !! Thank you all for being such a generous and energetic audience!!!". Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  48. ^ "Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls". IMDb. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  49. ^ "2022 la femme international film festival award winners!". la femme international film festival. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  50. ^ Anthony Oliveira (12 March 2018). "Episode 0 – The Life of John Milton". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  51. ^ Anthony Oliveira. "Anthony Oliveira: creating queer stories — comics, novels, scholarship". Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  52. ^ Anthony Oliveira (18 April 2020). "Paradise Lost — All Recitations and Analysis Episodes". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  53. ^ Anthony Oliveira (2 August 2020). "Paradise Regained — All Recitations and Analysis Episodes". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  54. ^ Anthony Oliveira (10 September 2021). "The Gospel of Mark — Complete". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  55. ^ Anthony Oliveira (4 April 2023). "The Gospel of John — Complete". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  56. ^ Anthony Oliveira (10 April 2023). "The Revelation of John – 1:1–11 – The Time Is At Hand". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Patreon.
  57. ^ Anthony Oliveria (April 2023). "The Revelation of John — Introduction". The Devil's Party. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via Spotify.
  58. ^ "Spiritual Podcast Club". Affirming Connections. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via Eventbrite.
  59. ^ a b Timothy O'Neil (11 October 2023). "Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden #1 shows Carol doing what she does best". AIPT Comics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  60. ^ a b Henry Varona (6 September 2021). "Last Annihilation: Wiccan & Hulking #1 Pens a Love Letter to the Greatest Couple". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  61. ^ Chris Hassan (14 June 2021). "X-Men Monday #111 – Anthony Oliveira & Steve Orlando Talk Marvel's Voices: Pride". AIPT Comics. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  62. ^ Avery Kaplan (30 June 2021). "Interview: Anthony Oliveira on Iceman". Prism Comics. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  63. ^ a b Rich Johnston Rich (12 March 2020). "Anthony Oliveira's Apocrypha — Buffy the Vampire Slayer Meets Paradise Lost for 2023". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  64. ^ Lisa Respers France (9 April 2021). "GLAAD Media Awards 2021: The winners list". CNN. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  65. ^ Kirsten Chuba (30 March 2023). "GLAAD Media Awards: Bros, A League of Their Own Take Top Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  66. ^ "Gayming Awards 2023: Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment Award". Gayming Magazine. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024. This queer anthology features stories and art from Sina Grace, Ned Barnett, Anthony Oliveira, Charles Pulliam-Moore, Nick Robles, Ian McGinty and many more.
  67. ^ Chris Coplan; Alexandra Iciek; Connor Christiansen; Lia Williamson; Christopher Franey; David Brooke; Keigen Rea; Ben Morin (10 December 2020). "AIPT's Best Comics of the Year: Best Series". AIPT Comics. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  68. ^ Matthew Jackson Matthew (29 December 2020). "The best comics of 2020; plus Avengers, Jinny Hex & this week's hot reads". Comics Wire. Syfy.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  69. ^ "Rights Report: Week of March 2, 2020". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020.
  70. ^ Daisy Jones; Nathalie Kernot (12 January 2024). "The best books of 2024 to start the year right". GQ. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  71. ^ Deborah Dundas (11 January 2024). "The 30 books we can't wait to read this spring". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  72. ^ Anthony Oliveira. Dayspring. Strange Light. p. 420. ISBN 978-0771003820. This project was honoured in its early short story form by the National Magazine Awards, and was finalized with the financial support of the Ontario Arts Council.
  73. ^ "National Magazine Awards Winners 2020". Canadian National Magazine Awards. 12 June 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  74. ^ "PseudoPod 791: Flash on the Borderlands LIX: Down in the Park". Pseudopod. 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  75. ^ "2019 Non-Fiction Contest Winners". Event. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  76. ^ Anthony Oliveira [@meakoopa] (31 May 2019). "hey if you feel like you might be queer, whatever that might mean for you, even if it's not one of the "big" loud categories of "LGBT", just want you to know you're valid and you belong and you and I (and so many other way more amazing, interesting ppl!) have something in common" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024 – via Twitter.
  77. ^ Penagos, Ryan; Lorraine Cink (24 July 2020). "This Week in Marvel Heralds the Reign of Emperor Hulkling". This Week in Marvel No. 456. Marvel Comics. around 25 minutes. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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