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      KC Hoard | CBC Loaded

      KC Hoard

      KC Hoard is the associate editor, culture at Xtra Magazine. He has previously worked as an editor at The Walrus and Maclean's.

        Latest from KC Hoard

        Emerging Queer Voices

        When all felt lost, I found myself again at chess club

        Like the socially stunted chess prodigy, Ivan, in Sally Rooney's Intermezzo, writer KC Hoard grew up speaking International Chess English. After losing his job and his relationship, he returned to his first love more than a decade later: the chessboard.
        February 27
        Emerging Queer Voices

        When all felt lost, I found myself again at chess club

        KC Hoard writes about how losing his job and his relationship helped lead him back to one of his first loves: the chessboard.
        February 27

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