Me, reading (from) my 2nd little poetry collection, INDUSTRIAL MADNESS

Me, reading (from) my 2nd little poetry collection, INDUSTRIAL MADNESS, published in 1991 by Sivullinen in Helsinki, Finland. It underwent a 2nd printing a couple of years later by a different Finnish publisher who paired it with a small work by Charles Bukowski in an ombudsman that can be found on FINNA, the Finnish National …

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Scott Holstad talks 1990s Long Beach/L.A. & reads 4 poems featured in The Long Beach Union

US Review of Books: RECOMMENDED REVIEW of Scott C. Holstad's Surviving Immortality Again!

An Instagram Update

Some of you who've been with me for a long time may recall I had an active Instagram account a LONG time ago, and that it was largely music-focused, particularly my love for vinyl. I mention this to explain an otherwise odd-seeming account name, because I resurrected the account but have refocused it on my …

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RIP, Neeli Cherkovski

Story from the New York Times: Neeli Cherkovski, Poet Who Chronicled the Beat Generation, Dies at 78. Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski by Neeli Cherkovski Cherkovski was well-liked by many people, unless one included many mainstream press book reviewers. (I write that last comment more as a reflection of my memories some 25-30 years …

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A Poll: Which Group of the Following Experiences is NOT True About Me?

Which of the following is NOT true about me? Some of this stuff seems crazy. It's meant to...