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Distant Visions, Again and Again
Poetry
- GenresPoetry
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Published March 1, 1994
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Scott C. Holstad
132 books95 followersScott C. Holstad has authored, edited & contributed to 75+ books & 800+ unique magazines/publications & is a 32-year member of The Authors Guild. He 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).
His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Atom Mind, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Pearl, Caffeine, Clutch, AIM, Arkansas Review, Wisconsin Review, Pacific Review, Lullwater Review, Southern Review, Nexus, Stand, Sivullinen, Gangan Verlag, Sports Illustrated, ;login, the TODAY Show, Yahoo, Palo Alto Review, Santa Clara Review, Hawaii Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Pacific Coast Journal, Main Street Rag, Flipside, Cyber-Psychos AOD, Fringeware Review, Processed World, Midnight Zoo, Wicked Mystic, Premonitions, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Kerouac Connection, Bukowski & Serial Killers, Unlikely Stories, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Beatnik Cowboy, Misfit, Mad Swirl, Friday Flash Fiction, Synchronized Chaos, Hidden Peak Press, Bristol Noir, PULP, dadakuku, The Argyle Literary Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, miniMAG, Blood+Honey & 西洋文學在臺灣研究書目.
He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, UCLA & Queens University of Charlotte. He’s moved 35+ times, lives in the Gettysburg PA area & loves geopolitics, good vinyl & hockey.
His website can be found at https://Hankrules2011.com.
His work has appeared in The Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Long Shot, Atom Mind, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Pearl, Caffeine, Clutch, AIM, Arkansas Review, Wisconsin Review, Pacific Review, Lullwater Review, Southern Review, Nexus, Stand, Sivullinen, Gangan Verlag, Sports Illustrated, ;login, the TODAY Show, Yahoo, Palo Alto Review, Santa Clara Review, Hawaii Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Pacific Coast Journal, Main Street Rag, Flipside, Cyber-Psychos AOD, Fringeware Review, Processed World, Midnight Zoo, Wicked Mystic, Premonitions, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Kerouac Connection, Bukowski & Serial Killers, Unlikely Stories, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Beatnik Cowboy, Misfit, Mad Swirl, Friday Flash Fiction, Synchronized Chaos, Hidden Peak Press, Bristol Noir, PULP, dadakuku, The Argyle Literary Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, miniMAG, Blood+Honey & 西洋文學在臺灣研究書目.
He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, UCLA & Queens University of Charlotte. He’s moved 35+ times, lives in the Gettysburg PA area & loves geopolitics, good vinyl & hockey.
His website can be found at https://Hankrules2011.com.
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July 23, 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, complimented Scott Holstad's previous poetry collection Junction City in Wormwood Review by calling it "Highly Recommended!"
He did Distant Visions, Again and Again one better in another issue of The Wormwood Review (v. 138), in which he put it in the "Very Highly Recommended" category. Compliments from such as he are to be valued, treasured and believed.
The thing that makes this interesting to myself and to some others I've seen write about it is this collection is often considered the author's "tranquil" book -- a kind of bridge between the author's early drunken Bukowski machismo comparisons and the increasingly dark and violent work that would begin to appear in a few years. For instance, the editor of Library Journal described it as "an introspective, autobiographical glimpse of a working class hero/loner."
Okay. Something different. Good feelings that get left behind in later writings as the books and characters take on new personas? Well, if Marvin Malone is one of a number of readers and critics saying some positive things about this collection, that's good enough for me. It's been hard to find but I think it's online now at the Archive, possibly for free for those who still haven't read it.
He did Distant Visions, Again and Again one better in another issue of The Wormwood Review (v. 138), in which he put it in the "Very Highly Recommended" category. Compliments from such as he are to be valued, treasured and believed.
The thing that makes this interesting to myself and to some others I've seen write about it is this collection is often considered the author's "tranquil" book -- a kind of bridge between the author's early drunken Bukowski machismo comparisons and the increasingly dark and violent work that would begin to appear in a few years. For instance, the editor of Library Journal described it as "an introspective, autobiographical glimpse of a working class hero/loner."
Okay. Something different. Good feelings that get left behind in later writings as the books and characters take on new personas? Well, if Marvin Malone is one of a number of readers and critics saying some positive things about this collection, that's good enough for me. It's been hard to find but I think it's online now at the Archive, possibly for free for those who still haven't read it.
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