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Yap Zone: The One Thing Alan Chazaro Hasn't Written About
The prolific Alan Chazaro has written about pretty much everything — except one very important thing.
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Hey there and welcome to the Yap Zone, our biweekly (that means every other week) newsletter where COYOTE gives you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into our newsroom and a rundown of our team's picks for music, food, events, and lots more. This newsletter is an exclusive offering and extra dose of gratitude for our Yapper- and Howler-tier members. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy!
When you're busy making a goofy little website (and learning how to be in a collective, which growing up in the United States absolutely does not teach you how to do), it's hard to slow down. But the interviews I've been doing with COYOTE's worker owners has become a perfect excuse to do just that. Who are these people, outside of the work we know them for?
Last time, I (Soleil) caught up with Cecilia Lei, who shared her experience of learning how to swim. Before that, Nuala Bishari tried to convince me that horses are cool. (Still skeptical!)
This week, we're highlighting Alan Chazaro, a poet, sports guy, and hip hop expert who can truly write about anything. A regular in KQED and many other publications, he's currently based in Veracruz, Mexico but still maintains an unmatched awareness of Bay Area culture. At COYOTE, he's written about airbrushers, ice cream makers, and underground rappers, and I'm sure he's keeping even more features warmed up on the back burner.
But what hasn't he gotten to write about? Turns out, there's one big thing.