Meet Cloud Delfina Cardona, one of our Emerging Writers and Publishing Fellows, who hosted #SalaSundays on our Instagram April 3rd!
Latinx in Pub (LxP): What do you do?
Cloud Delfina Cardona (CC): I am a high school English teacher. I am also an editor for Infrarrealista Review and a poet.
LxP: How did you get started?
CC: I started my editorial journal through zine making. In 2013, I co-founded Chifladazine with Laura Valdez, which was a zine focused on the voices of Latinas. We published artwork, poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. I fell in love with editing and self publishing through Chifladazine.
LxP: What do you wish you knew before getting into the industry?
CC: Although I don't have official experience in the editorial world, I do wish I knew how much unpaid labor there goes into the literary world. It is definitely a thankless job, but I feel very privileged to read and publish others' work.
LxP: What book are you currently working on or reading?
CC: I am currently editing Amapolasong, a chapbook by Jacinto Jesus Cardona. It is a chapbook by my father that Plancha Press is publishing this summer. It has been such a fulfilling and special experience for me. For leisure, I am reading the collected poems of Sonia Sanchez and White Girls by Hilton Als.
Cloud Delfina Cardona (she/they) is a poet born and raised in San Anto, Texas. She is the author of What Remains, winner of the 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Award. She is the co-founder of Infrarrealista Review, a literary journal for Texan writers. She currently teaches high school English on the south side of San Antonio.
