Wholesale Doomscroll, by Corey Stano

Poetry, chapbook, 20 pages, from Bottlecap Features. In Doomscroll, Corey Stano presents a frenetic meditation on contemporary culture. Stano writes to give life to the anxieties that exist between the screen of every smartphone and the root of every grey hair. With queer identity at its heart, this collection shows how the relentless churn of everyday horror runs parallel to the banality of adulthood. With writing that varies from lyrical to viciously sparse, Stano creates a feeling of whiplash familiar to the social media age. While the poems range from reflections on hyper-local events to universal fears, Doomscroll encapsulates the vacillating extremes of contemporary life. Corey Stano is a queer poet and artist living on the Space Coast of Florida where they are part of the music/spoken word duo Stanislav and the Lion. Their work has previously appeared in Imposter: A Poetry Journal, Vita and the Woolf, Queering the Dots, We Were Seeds by Querencia Press, and in the 2024 ruth weiss Foundation Haiku Poetry Contest where their poem received an honorable mention. Doomscroll is their first published collection.