"Pity the Nation" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Video

Scott C. Holstad Poet and Essayist

photo credit: Jennifer Mitts

Author Biography

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.
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Influences

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, The Continual Condition by Bukowski

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"Pity the Nation" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Apparently, this is a newer poem by Ferlinghetti, and I think it's as good as his best stuff. He still has it! Unfortunately, I don't know what book, if any, this is from, so I cannot cite it. Please forgive me this oversight.