{"product_id":"the-past-is-a-jean-jacket-9798885740593","title":"The Past Is a Jean Jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhy am i nostalgic for the shitty times in my life?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReminiscent of being in a heavily postered room with rock music blasting, Cloud Delfina Cardona's debut collection \u003cem\u003ethe past is a jean jacket\u003c\/em\u003e is a time capsule of a 90s queer, Latinx teenhood. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCardona's speaker explores their gender through sex and relationships, searches for belonging in their family lineage, and copes with depression using movies, indie bands, cigarettes, and Tumblr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing compelling visual collages and inventive imagery throughout, these poems are firmly rooted in Southern Texas. Cardona brings readers to a jukebox on S. LBJ Drive, underneath a Catholic girls high school, and to \"San Marcos sunsets above the H-E-B parking lot\" with weighted and poignant reflection. Each careful line produces a soundtrack to a passionate coming-of-age and implores us all to be gentle, yet honest, with our younger selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative and blunt, \u003cem\u003ethe past is a jean jacket\u003c\/em\u003e asks the essential existential questions: \"where did all the wishes of my ancestors go? \/ what memory of me will play in someone's head before i die for the final time?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe past is a jean jacket\u003c\/em\u003e was selected by Ashley M. Jones for the 2024 Hub City Press BIPOC Poetry Series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCloud Delfina Cardona\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/they) is an artist, writer, and book cover designer from San Antonio, Texas. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Host Publications Chapbook Prize. She is the co-founder of Infrarrealista Review, a literary nonprofit that publishes Texan voices. Their poetry can be found in \u003cem\u003eThe Offing, Prairie Schooner, The Boiler, The Los Angeles Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. She currently works as an associate for Letras Latinas and moonlights as DJ Mexistentialism. She believes in a free Palestine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hub City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648997523730,"sku":"9798885740593","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f252215d-db01-407e-bc1b-19fa708e8651.jpg?v=1759841715","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-past-is-a-jean-jacket-9798885740593","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}