Scott C. Holstad was born in Boston and has lived all over the North American continent. He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, and Queens University of Charlotte.
Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Edward Field, Gerald Locklin, Bill Shields, Kenneth Patchen
Favorite Books
Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit, A Coney Island of the Mind, On The Road, Naked Lunch, The Firebird Poems, The Stranger, The Fall
Favorite Authors
Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Edward Field, Gerald Locklin, Bill Shields, Albert Camus
What I'm Reading
The Pleasures of the Damned by Bukowski, Kenneth Patchen: Rebel Poet in America by Smith, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook by Bukowski, Gerald Locklin: New and Selected Poems by Locklin
I'm blogging today for no reason. I've got nothing to say, so I'm saying it. Regarding my last post, thanks for the comments and the advice. I appreciate it. Nothing much has happened in th
I recently received an email from my old friend and editor, now also an author and producer, Rob Cohen, out in Hollywood. It was a mass email, but its topic is good and may appeal to authors out
I'm a long time member of the Authors Guild. Yesterday, I received the following email message from Roy Blount Jr., the president of the Authors Guild.
Yesterday, around 1 PM, while I was in my office, I got a phone call. Jennifer, my wife, was at the hospital in the ER. They thought she had had or was having a heart attack!!! Holy crap! Natu
I received this poetry book contest information from a good writer friend. I cannot and do not vouch for this press or the contest. Indeed, I do not believe in the contest method, nor do I take
Six weeks ago, in a blog here, I asked who was the most "famous" author you've seen in person. This post today is kind of related, but I'm asking for a twist on that here.
My wife informed me my last blog post here on Red Room stunk! LOL! This must be true too, because while I thought I wrote on a really interesting topic -- what was your worst book revie
Most of us, if we're lucky I suppose -- especially we poets -- get book reviews. Could be large national magazines, or literary reviews, or various newspapers -- all sorts of places. And that's
Today's blog post is not a literary one, so many apologies. However, this weekend is pretty big for me and I just wanted to mention it, should anyone care to read it. See, my wife Jennifer and I a
Holy cow, I got my copy of the new Charles Bukowski book this weekend! It's called Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990, and it's published by
