Misfit Magazine No. 38, Spring 2024 with 2 poems by Scott C Holstad Issue 38 of Misfit Magazine is out and it's got two poems by Scott C. Holstad: Were We Reading the same Poems? and I Can’t Help It. The editor, Alan Catlin, put a great issue together featuring some great poets, including Ron …
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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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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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Cold Comfort: Selected Poems, 1970-1996 by Lyn Lifshin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love this book. I've known Lyn personally going back to the 1980s and as "Queen of the Small Presses," I saw her in every damn magazine I came across for decades. And I would buy, obtain or she'd send me …
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