Scott C. Holstad's Blog

• Bukowski's Famous FrancEyE, Mother of his Daughter, dies at age 87

  June 24, 2009

  • Santa Monica poet and mother to Marina Bukowski, Charles Bukowski's only child, Frances Dean Smith (FrancEyE) died a couple of weeks ago at age 87.  She was popularized by Bukowski as "Old Snaggle-Tooth" in at least one of his poems.
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• Funding Cuts Endanger LSU Press & The Southern Review!

  June 11, 2009

  • Read this story and gasp in horror:  http://blog.nola.com/susanlarson/2009/05/funding_cuts_threaten_louisian.html 
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• We Are Now Homeowners!

  May 18, 2009

  • My wife and I have been searching for our first ever home since January.  See, I've moved all over the country, some 25 times or so, and have never settled anywhere long enough to buy a house.  That's changed.  We found a great one in February.  Got into a bidder's war.  Lost out on it, even though we offered more.  The other party could close sooner than we could.  Found another one, ...
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