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Junction City
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First published January 1, 1993
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Scott C. Holstad
132 books100 followersScott 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 (1990-97), the Tek Thots newsletter (1996-2000) & poetry editor of Ray’s Road Review (2011-2017), as well as a journalist & editor for a variety of commercial publications.
His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Comstock Review, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Hawai’I Review, Pacific Review, Southern Review, Sports Illustrated, ;login, the TODAY Show, 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, Stand, The Galway Review, Sivullinen, Gangan Verlag, Ink Sweat & Tears, Misfit, Mad Swirl, Libre, Synchronized Chaos, Hidden Peak Review, Bristol Noir, smols, dadakuku, Five Fleas, haiQu fOO, 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, Eric Jennings, 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. Disabled & retired, he currently holds positions of Professor Emeritus at The Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies (RUSI) & Researcher (Research Scientist) with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
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His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Comstock Review, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Hawai’I Review, Pacific Review, Southern Review, Sports Illustrated, ;login, the TODAY Show, 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, Stand, The Galway Review, Sivullinen, Gangan Verlag, Ink Sweat & Tears, Misfit, Mad Swirl, Libre, Synchronized Chaos, Hidden Peak Review, Bristol Noir, smols, dadakuku, Five Fleas, haiQu fOO, 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, Eric Jennings, 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. Disabled & retired, he currently holds positions of Professor Emeritus at The Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies (RUSI) & Researcher (Research Scientist) with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
https://hankrules2011.com
X: @tangledscott
IG: @scottsmusicshak
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July 15, 2025
The late Marvin Malone, longtime editor of The Wormwood Review and Bukowski's longest, oldest publisher (magazines, not books) where he published Bukowski more than any other magazines, I believe, had this to say about Scott C. Holstad's Junction City in Wormwood Review #135: "Scott Holstad’s Junction City [Sister Moon Press] — Highly Recommended!"
That's more than enough for many people. If Malone endorsed it, it was gold. Of course, there's more to it than just one enthusiastic famous editor. First, it's a very nicely, professionally done poetry chapbook with high quality heavy card stock, creativity in font and design, and a supportive publisher who, as a female publisher, had no problems with the opening poem being "breakfast machine," which brought the professionals at the esteemed global WorldCat database to insert a rare description of being about "girls with big tits," which is such an unorthodox practice, when I saw it I didn't know whether to be offended or honored! Probably somewhere in the middle.
This seems like one of Holstad's seminal poetry collections, a highlight of the early Bukowski-caparisoned era but before the coming breakaway to writing that's far more violent, insane, "dangerous." A reader can have fun with Junction City. I'm glad I still have my copy because as far as I know, it's been hard as hell to find and is likely a collector's item now. Worth a read!
That's more than enough for many people. If Malone endorsed it, it was gold. Of course, there's more to it than just one enthusiastic famous editor. First, it's a very nicely, professionally done poetry chapbook with high quality heavy card stock, creativity in font and design, and a supportive publisher who, as a female publisher, had no problems with the opening poem being "breakfast machine," which brought the professionals at the esteemed global WorldCat database to insert a rare description of being about "girls with big tits," which is such an unorthodox practice, when I saw it I didn't know whether to be offended or honored! Probably somewhere in the middle.
This seems like one of Holstad's seminal poetry collections, a highlight of the early Bukowski-caparisoned era but before the coming breakaway to writing that's far more violent, insane, "dangerous." A reader can have fun with Junction City. I'm glad I still have my copy because as far as I know, it's been hard as hell to find and is likely a collector's item now. Worth a read!
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