In Conversation with Poet Claudia Delfina Cardona

In this episode, Host Editors Annar Veröld and Claire Bowman chat with Claudia Delfina Cardona, winner of the Fall 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Prize. Claudia is a talented poet born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia is the co-founder of Chifladazine, a zine that highlights creative work by Latinas and Latinxs, and co-founder of Infrarrealista Review, a literary journal for Texan writers. You can find out more about Claudia and her work on her website, https://claudiadelfinacardona.com and follow her in Instagram @mexistentialism. In this episode, Claudia tells us about her collection What Remains, the experiences that inspired those poems, her philosophies as an artist, poets who have influenced her, and much more. If you are listening to this episode before October 10th, 2020: We will be virtually hosting the book launch for What Remains on Saturday, October 10th  at 7PM. It is free and open to all. Please join us in celebrating this beautiful book, with a reading and virtual party you won’t want to miss. You can find more information about the reading on our website hostpublications.com, on Instagram @hostpublications, or at Malvernbooks.com