{"product_id":"lavender-cigarettes-by-aiden-nelson","title":"Lavender \u0026 Cigarettes, by Aiden Nelson","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 40 pages, from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLavender \u0026amp; Cigarettes: poems of queer sex and yearning i\u003c\/em\u003es a collection of poetry about love in its many forms through a queer lens. The poems explore friendship, romance, and sex, and the intersections between them. Love is complicated, growing up is complicated, finding courage in queer identity is complicated. Honest and nostalgic, Nelson writes of these complications, of the messiness of life lived boldly and with a tender heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten during Nelson’s final year of college,\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Lavender \u0026amp; Cigarettes\u003c\/em\u003e is full of moments that feel definitive of a queer twenty-something’s experiences. Drunken kisses at a gay bar, holding hands with friends on late night walks, the gender euphoria of a cheap strap-on – it is as much an ode to heartache and sensuality as it is a celebration of platonic intimacy and self-love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAiden Nelson (they\/them) is a queer artist and writer, dad to a pair of rats, and a self-described scamp. A classic cancer, they fit with the water sign stereotype of having big feelings all the time. Their coffee beverage of choice is an iced Americano with vanilla. They’re a contributor to P\u003cem\u003eLEASER Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKindergarten Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnpublished Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and have been featured in Pile Press’s 2021-2022 Winter Issue, S\u003cem\u003ealon des Refuses\u003c\/em\u003e’s “Deletrius,” and \u003cem\u003eGrain of Salt Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. For more of their writing (as well as pictures of their rats!) check out their Instagram @aiden.nelson_\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543207067826,"sku":"LAVEAN","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543207100594,"sku":"LAVEANe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/lavenderfront.png?v=1780354015","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/lavender-cigarettes-by-aiden-nelson","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}