MISFIT Issue 42 was published this week and it is editor Alan Catlin's final issue as he's finally going to retire. He insisted in going out with a bang, as the issue is packed with badass stuff and includes many great contributors such as Tony Gloeggler, David Chorlton, Damon Hubbs, Juliet Cook, Jeffrey Zable, Charles …
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. …
A raw poetry collection with an unrelentingly bleak point of view. Holstad combines character studies with dark inner monologues… the poet effectively blends brutality with compassion..”. Holstad excels at visceral descriptions, like that of Bianca, who had “so many track / marks, it looked like a / river of small lakes on / her torn …
Continue reading KIRKUS REVIEWS reviews Scott C. Holstad’s SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN
Very excited to get a couple of copies of the awesome new miniMAG #Anthology (176), Hyper Foreigner, with 5 of my poems in it, joining some truly excellent other #writers & #artists. This is 130 pages of kick-ass! Thanks miniMAG! #poetry #minimag #experimentalpoetry @miniMAG_lit pic.twitter.com/X9GbHJF3hv— Scott C. Holstad (@tangledscott) November 19, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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