Patty Templeton is a writer, Certified Archivist, and itinerant kitchen dancer. She has a MS/LIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was a 2020 Library of Congress Junior Fellow. Her modes of research include oral history, oddball Americana, and media preservation. She lives with an orange trashcat and a lovely partner under southwestern skies. Find her on Twitter via @PattyTempleton and her recent work at Mermaids Monthly.