The Defunct Heat City Literary Review

Does anyone remember the high quality, short lived Heat City Literary Review? It was a really nice literary journal, based if I recall correctly in Boston. It seemed very promising. Their first couple of issues were very high quality using professional materials, excellent professional perfect bound glossy covers, about 90 pages. I loved their covers …

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2 New Pieces Published in Misfit Magazine!

I have two poems titled "now" and "the groupie" that appear in the new Misfit Magazine No. 37, Winter 2024 edition just published. With the litmag scene dying more by the day, melding and merging to become general generic porridge, thank god there is still a mag like Misfit! If you're old school (I guess …

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A.D. Winans’ Dead Lions: A Book Review

This book is an excellent collection of essays on four important twentieth-century poets and writers stemming from the longtime relationships AD Winans enjoyed with them. The writers are Alvah Bessie, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline and Charles Bukowski.It's a must-read for anyone interested in Bukowski and the Beats, the Hollywood 10 and more.

Graduate gets Pulitzer nomination

I recently came across an article that's over 25 years old when the newspaper from the University of Tennessee, the Daily Beacon, published this story on me titled "Graduate gets Pulitzer nomination."

I found a surprise “by” me on YouTube today

“i often wonder at what point my thoughts cease to be my reality and simply merge ― Scott C. Holstad - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrTX1ur_Gvo