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Scott C. Holstad’s *Street Poems* is a compact collection that draws on the raw atmosphere of urban streets to explore themes of eviction, prostitution, addiction, and the despair that underpins survival in marginalized communities. The poems confront violence, guns, and social criticism, offering a moral outrage against government neglect and societal hypocrisy.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Scott C. Holstad
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