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writer! san joser.

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

I've been researching forgotten queer media sensation Jeanne Lattin for ~2 years. Now I intend (with help from the universe!) to locate a living elder whose path crossed with theirs: likely in Laguna Beach, before 1961. Please share! https://t.co/0KcCxI9Ps4

[Literary Hub @lithub]

@lesliepatron and Forsyth Harmon explore representations of women writers on screen through prose and illustration.
https://t.co/LL32sogvpj

[sarah rose etter @sarahroseetter]

so excited to see this one go live -- had a blast talking to @lesliepatron for @metronewspaper thanks to @mikehuguenor for making this happen! @ScribnerBooks https://t.co/AvKbaIeZ8Z

[A. Brown @artwormsbrown]

Bet you thought it was going to be about Peter Thiel's cryogenic funeral plans. Nope! Way more interesting.

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

For this week’s death-themed cover story, I interviewed the inventor of the Video Enhanced Gravemarker, a Catholic priest, a cemeterian who turned a ghost town graveyard into a green burial zone, and a playwright who brought a wind telephone to Santa Clara University.

[Metroactive @metroactive]

From video tombstones to wind telephones, natural burial to human composting, the options for dealing with the afterlife in Silicon Valley are wider than ever

"The reality is that Silicon Valley is an amazing tapestry of people"

https://t.co/eTcKMreMx4

[Metroactive @metroactive]

Pride celebrations begin in the South Bay next week. Two recent murals in the Qmunity district provide a view into a long, local queer history

"Without the history of the San Jose queens or the Tenderloin queens, we wouldn’t be here”

https://t.co/EqQn0n49j2

[Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) @POSTLandTrust]

The impact of building a mine at Juristac would be significant and irreversible for this sacred Indigenous site and local wildlife. Read more about the importance of conserving this landscape, and follow @GreenFoothills for more info!

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

This week for @metroactive, I spoke to local author K-Ming Chang about her new (grotesque! queer!) story collection, her writing practice, and what she observes of life (and enterprising crows!) in San Jose. https://t.co/PTfumRGqZ3

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

A few years ago I researched the lost history of Silicon Valley abortions in my grandparents’ era and felt aghast at what was (and what could be).

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

Last May, I became immersed in the history of abortions near San Jose, CA. I combed newspaper databases, exchanged DMs with the living descendant of a historical abortion provider, visited local sites, and rewatched a 1963 flick starring Natalie Wood. https://t.co/CJ6jCr31GR

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

Felt like a true San Jose moment to be reading this story (flanked by a squirt bottle of orange sauce) by my pal @mikehuguenor which highlights the musical stylings of a guy I knew in kindergarten all while a drunken brawl broke out at the next table at la vics

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

Meet 7 finalists for the Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Program, which offers young poets needed supports. @janicesap says: "That’s the most basic thing that leaders need, that poets need, that organizers need in order to get something done." https://t.co/KnhdZkZW5A

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

This winter for @metroactive, I lost myself in a fever dream: the local history of Chuck E. Cheese. I inspected the 30-foot rat sculpture by the Tully Road overpass, and interviewed the webmaster of @showbizpizzacom about the impressive online archive. https://t.co/hY4d3P12qq

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

For @metroactive, I interviewed essayist and novelist @esmewang who grew up in the South Bay. As a teen, she sought kinship online via Livejournal and the zine scene. Today, she is building an online community for writers living with chronic limitations. https://t.co/qmKyBF1Qmy

[Metroactive @metroactive]

From "Bite Me" t-shirts and a 30-fout rat sculpture, to horror narratives and rumors of hauntings, the story of Chuck E. Cheese is one of San Jose's strangest

This week's cover story

https://t.co/snNcAkNei4

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

@mikehuguenor !!!!!!

[Li Patron @lesliepatron]

@janicesap @PoetLaureateSCC Thank you for being really real and for all the labor you undertook for greater accountability and on behalf of youth of color! As a poet in SCC I’ve often wondered about what the PL position is all about and reading of your experiences is eye opening.