{"product_id":"the-past-is-a-jean-jacket-paperback-1","title":"The Past Is a Jean Jacket - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCloud Delfina Cardona\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353810223353,"sku":"9798885740593","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/slSYPy7-QB9798885740593_a04ff09e-7d86-4206-8e40-78fb7202083c.webp?v=1769828588","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-past-is-a-jean-jacket-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}