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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An Intro to the Finnish Readers of Rendezvous’ssa re US Writer Scott C. Holstad, Circa 1993

When I started getting published in 1988-89, somehow -- I no longer remember how -- I came into contact with some Finnish writers, editors, publishers & magazines by at least 1990. At the time, Bukowski was very popular in Finland (& with me as well) & I'm afraid that like many, I emulated him just …

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