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Scott’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Scott’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Scott C. Holstad
Goodreads Author
Born
Boston, The United States
Website
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
April 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/scottholstad
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Cells
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2004
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Never-Ending Cigarettes
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1999
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Artifacts
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2001
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Street Poems
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1991
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Surviving Immortality Again
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The Napalmed Soul
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1999
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Big Head Press Broadside Poem Collection
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Shadows Before the Maiming
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1999
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Hang Gliding on X
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1999
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Scott Holstad Reads From His New Book WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
I read six sample poems from my new book to give viewers a small idea of what sort of stuff they might encounter should they buy/read the book themselves. Comments/questions are always welcome. (This was to support Release Day.)
Where Do We Go from Here? is available in paperback on Amazon.
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Scott’s Recent Updates
"This book of poems reminds us all of the 'wispy' nature of existence; how so often (like cigarettes) that which we consume also consumes us. The poetry of Scott C. Holstad reminds me of the advice Sappho gave so long ago: "If you're squeamish, don't "
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"Reminiscent of Les Chants de Maldoror by Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Comte de Lautréamont) and Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire; The Napalmed Soul is the confession of a soul lost. Each poem forces the reader to look at the metastasized spiritual "
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"Reading this collection of poems I was reminded of how we are all on a neverending search to find a place where we belong. Scott C. Holstad has tapped into this feeling of drifting; how we are all trying to come to terms with who we are in the here a"
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“We wake up, breathe, live life often against our wishes and our better judgement. We console ourselves by telling ourselves this is no fault of our own but that doesn’t take away the reality of the pain, the streaming dreams, the utter shock of life, the shattered pieces of survival.”
― Cells
― Cells
“Fuck the sweats, I want the world. No rhyming for me, no structured bullshit, I want to spread out, feel the bullets whistle past.”
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“i often wonder at what point my thoughts cease to be my reality and simply merge with my dreams to become my fiction, my life.”
― Distant Visions, Again and Again
― Distant Visions, Again and Again
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on.”
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Madeleine wrote: "Any friendly fan of Buk's is a friend of mine! Thank you so much for your kind words and the friend request. I look forward to chatting about books with you in the future!"Absolutely! The Buk has been my muse for decades. Among my most prized possessions are several books he autographed for me while he was still alive. I really miss him. I'm curious what your favorite Buk book is...? I'm partial to Play The Piano Drunk... as that was the first book of his I ever read. It made a huge impact on me.
I look forward to chatting about books with you too. Cheers!
Any friendly fan of Buk's is a friend of mine! Thank you so much for your kind words and the friend request. I look forward to chatting about books with you in the future!
Horrorshow wrote: "Thanks for the Friendship Invite, Scott. :-)"Thanks to you. I like what you're reading these days. Cheers!