Title: Cells
Description: Author Marilyn Kallett described Cells this way: "Scott Holstad thinks in poetry, in rhythmical waves. His imagination surges ahead, large and generous, the cut of his lines always clean and firm. These fervent, honest, well-made poems carry the reader through the underworld and back in a healing action that reminds us of Rimbaud's 'Drunken Boat' or Odysseus' journey with the golden bough. 'Tegretol' is destined to become a contemporary classic. 'Tennessee Football Saved My Ass' reminds us of Holstad's unfailing, albeit dark sense of humor."
Subjects: poetry, mental health, insanity, violence, dark humor, psychological horror, slasher porn, self-loathing, anger, abuse, confessional, psychotropics, hate, police brutality, race relations, observations, horror poetry, sanity, survivor
Places: Los Angeles, Long Beach CA, Glendale CA, Pasadena, Phoenix, Koreatown-Los Angeles County CA
Time periods: 1996-2002