the people were lovely, but I was not, by Stella Corso, is the winner of the 2025 BOOM chapbook contest. This chronic, queer missive is pieced together with the beautiful detritus that so many would toss away in the midst of their creative processes. Instead, Stella has resurrected them and sewed them together to create a spellbinding chapbook. Read more about Stella and the book here.
the people were lovely, but I was not, by Stella Corso, is the winner of the 2025 BOOM chapbook contest. This chronic, queer missive is pieced together with the beautiful detritus that so many would toss away in the midst of their creative processes. Instead, Stella has resurrected them and sewed them together to create a spellbinding chapbook. Read more about Stella and the book here.