{"product_id":"9798885740593-the-past-is-a-jean-jacket","title":"the past is a jean jacket","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward Winner of the the Naomi Shihab Nye First Book of Poetry Award from the Texas Institute of Letters\u003cbr\u003eA Debutiful Best Debut Book of 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhy am i nostalgic for the shitty times in my life?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57538104689014,"sku":"9798885740593","price":12.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37533496.jpg?v=1774328173","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9798885740593-the-past-is-a-jean-jacket","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}