I am a writer from San Jose, California. My writing has recently appeared in littletell, Entropy, Weird Sister, The Operating System, Harp & Altar, and others. In 2017, I self-published a book-length lyric essay called MOBS: A History of St. James Park. Between 2018 and 2021, I was among the co-organizers of Archive408, a living archive of historical, cultural, and political information in and around the rapidly shifting city of San Jose, CA.
Follow Me
Twitter: @lesliepatron
Instagram: @anneshirley4u / @cheersfromthewasteland / @archive_408
Email: lesliepatron at gmail dot com
Education
Brown University, MFA
San Francisco State University, BA
DeAnza Community College, General Ed
Press / Interviews
Leslie Patron: Capturing the Stories of a Changing San Jose / Valley of the Heart's Resistance, 4 August 2018
Inside San Jose's Zine Scene / KQED Arts, 25 April 2017
New Online Journal Amplifies Voices from the "Wasteland" / metroactive, 16 March 2016
Follow Me
Twitter: @lesliepatron
Instagram: @anneshirley4u / @cheersfromthewasteland / @archive_408
Email: lesliepatron at gmail dot com
Education
Brown University, MFA
San Francisco State University, BA
DeAnza Community College, General Ed
Press / Interviews
Leslie Patron: Capturing the Stories of a Changing San Jose / Valley of the Heart's Resistance, 4 August 2018
Inside San Jose's Zine Scene / KQED Arts, 25 April 2017
New Online Journal Amplifies Voices from the "Wasteland" / metroactive, 16 March 2016