3 Poems in The Alien Buddha Talks to Animals anthology

I got my copies of the new anthology, The Alien Buddha Talks to Animals, this week and as ever, the book looks great. It contains three of my poems -- on animals! -- and is a nice change of pace from similar recent anthologies that have published me the past couple of years in that …

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THE US REVIEW OF BOOKS Gives a RECOMMENDED Review to Scott C. Holstad’s SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN

Prolific author and poet Holstad has…continued to maintain his somewhat cult-favorite status as the dark troubadour of the rebellious underbelly of contemporary American poetry. Much of this poetry can be instantly and favorably compared to the poems of Bukowski or some of the messier-around-the-edges work of particular beat poet extraordinaires, such as Kerouac and Burroughs. …

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IT’S HERE! Release Day for SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN!

Today is October 15, 2025, and that means my new book of poems, SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN, has been released by Alien Buddha Press and is available for purchase in print paperback from Amazon and it's also now listed on Goodreads. This is exciting to me for many reasons, one of which is this is the …

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