Full-Blooded CHamaole by Jacob Jardel

Limited edition print copy from the 2024 Garden Party Chapbook Contest!

Jacob Jardel (he/him) is a CHamoru writer, scholar, and educator born in Guåhan (Guam), raised in California and Oklahoma, and currently based in Kansas City. He’s currently pursuing a doctoral degree in English and Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. A former Editor for The Sosland Journal, his work has appeared in The 580 Mixtapes Vol. 1, Fanachu’s Voices of the Diaspora zine, and No. 1 Magazine. Jacob lives online at itsjacobj.com, on Twitter/X @itsjacobj96, and on Instagram @itsjacobj. Offline, you can most likely find him in the wild writing, teaching, or working on a writing consultation. When in his natural habitat, though, Jacob is usually watching YouTube with his partner and his cat while hyperfocusing on his special interests, including (but not limited to) Magic: The Gathering, professional wrestling, baseball, and video games.