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Scott C. Holstad

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Scott C. Holstad is a disabled Pulitzer & BOTN-nominated poet & author with 75+ books to his credit & work in 850+ unique magazines. He is a 33-year member of The Authors Guild & was the founder/publisher of Big Head Press, the Tek Thots newsletter & poetry editor of Ray’s Road Review, as well as a journalist & editor for a variety of commercial publications.

His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Caffeine, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Hawai’I Review, Wisconsin Review, Pacific Review, Southern Review, Sports Illustrated, AIM, Palo Alto Review, Santa Clara Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Flipside, Cyber-Psychos AOD, Fringeware Review, Processed World, Wicked Mystic, Premonitions, Haight-Ashbury Literary Scott C. Holstad is a disabled Pulitzer & BOTN-nominated poet & author with 75+ books to his credit & work in 850+ unique magazines. He is a 33-year member of The Authors Guild & was the founder/publisher of Big Head Press, the Tek Thots newsletter & poetry editor of Ray’s Road Review, as well as a journalist & editor for a variety of commercial publications.

His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Caffeine, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Hawai’I Review, Wisconsin Review, Pacific Review, Southern Review, Sports Illustrated, AIM, Palo Alto Review, Santa Clara Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Flipside, Cyber-Psychos AOD, Fringeware Review, Processed World, Wicked Mystic, Premonitions, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Kerouac Connection, Bouillabaisse, Bukowski & Serial Killers, Nexus, The Galway Review, Sivullinen, Gangan Verlag, Ink Sweat & Tears, Misfit, Mad Swirl, Libre, Synchronized Chaos, Hidden Peak Review, Bristol Noir, smols, dadakuku, Five Fleas, The Argyle, Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Horror Sleaze Trash, Alien Buddha Zine, miniMAG, Blood+Honey & 西洋文學在臺灣研究書目. His newest book, SURVIVING IMMORTALITY AGAIN, was released in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press.

Among those who have praised his work & books are Edward Field, Gerald Locklin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Marilyn Kallet, Robert Polito, Jeannine Hall Gaiiley, Laurel Speer, Lisa Zaran, Michael Bugeja, Marvin Malone, GP Lainsbury, CL Huth, Jonathan Penton, Robert Peters, Todd Moore, Alan Catlin, Jon Nakapalau, Factsheet Five, Hawai’I Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Blue Villa, Ink Sweat & Tears, Wormwood Review, Dusty Dog Reviews, BBR Directory, Library Journal, Flipside, TapRoot Reviews, NewPages, KIRKUS Reviews, US Review of Books & many more.

Scott Holstad holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, UCLA & Queens University of Charlotte. He’s moved 35+ times, currently lives in Pennsylvania & loves geopolitics, good vinyl, books, custom rigs & hockey.

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	Street Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Napalmed Soul it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Head Press Broadside Poem Collection by Scott C. Holstad (Goodreads Author), Antler (Contributor), Belinda Subraman (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Satirical Story “Hannah’s Cupboard (or Charlie Kristos, King of the Gods)” published by The Scalar Comet

My new satirical short story “Hannah’s Cupboard (or Charlie Kristos, King of the Gods)” was published yesterday by The Scalar Comet, a very funny humor-centric publication and I just wanted to both post about it (with a link to the original) and thank the fine editors at The Scalar Comet. I’ve come to really enjoy the stuff they publish and feel happy to be a part of their ecosystem now.

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Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House – A Definitive Investigative Exposé of the October Surprise

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The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

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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.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Cells

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“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.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

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“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus

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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
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“Hell is—other people!”
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
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“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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Aug 20, 2012 11:39AM

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!

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message 2: by Madeleine

Aug 20, 2012 11:29AM

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!

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May 09, 2012 02:31PM

Horrorshow wrote: "Thanks for the Friendship Invite, Scott. :-)"

Thanks to you. I like what you're reading these days. Cheers!

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