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On a crisp and unusually quiet Saturday morning, I arrive at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the San Jose Public Library. I’m...

In the 1990s, historian Stephen Pitti set out to write a centuries-long counterhistory of the so-called Silicon Valley.  A Chicano scholar with Northern California roots,...

Two summers ago, artist Houyee Chow-Jiménez responded to an open call on Instagram. Project MORE—a nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ people in Northern California—sought muralists to...

Bestiary, the startling first novel by K-Ming Chang, took place in Montebello, the Southern California city where much of her family originates. Now based...

Last month, talented local writers—ages 13 to 18—applied to become the next Santa Clara County youth poet laureate. This week, judges announced seven finalists...

In early February, award-winning novelist and essayist Esmé Weijun Wang took up an exciting new post at San Jose State. As the 2021 Distinguished...

Driving through East Side San Jose near the Tully Road overpass, a trio of red turrets juts up through white smog. Beneath the center...

Last week, podcasters Carmen Sánchez and Manuel Ávalos hit a major milestone.  “We made a podcast baby, and it survived to one year,” Sánchez says...