ABOUT
Cory Soto is a California born writer and musician. His work focuses on themes of mental illness, generational trauma, and regional identity. His intimate recollections vivify the complexities and depth of these experiences. In Cory’s thirteen years as a singer and songwriter, he has written and recorded eleven albums with three different bands including his own project, doubt aplomb. He has published two collections of short stories, Performa Static and Animus Blossoming. He lives in Ventura, California, with his partner and their dog.
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year(s)
year(s) is a collection of autobiographical poems written during lockdown. They are a reflection on isolation, anxiety, time lost, death, love, politics, and the unintentional levity found in the culmination of these experiences. Written from his home in Ventura, CA, Soto recalls conversations, feelings, and observations as the world unravelled in disease. The collection begins with a conversation with a co-worker about a new virus and spans the following two years until inevitably concluding in unforeseen tragedy. Each poem was written as a daily attempt to reach clarity in confusing times although this endeavor was inconclusive.
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