AMERICAN BOY: Pushing sixty

AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty in print and ereader

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Anthony Buccino's new collection "American Boy: Pushing Sixty, working class verse about life and growing up in New Jersey" (Cherry Blossom Press, 68 pages, $14.95, ISBN 9780982567708) recalls the cold war, parochial school and simply playing with friends or with his "little men" in the Baby Boomer years.

"Much of the work collected here reflects on growing up in Belleville and growing old in Nutley," he said.

From the center of the Baby Boom, his verse views life and growing up in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and growing older in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

"Rumours of War" reflects on those air raid drills from Holy Family School, and "Caroms" recalls playing that game and losing a smallest puppy contest at Booth Park in the summer. "Games We Played" hints of those rounds of endless Monopoly games.

But like anyone born in Baby Boom years, from 1946 to 1964, the writing on the wall says some of us have already reached sixty and others, like Buccino are pushing sixty.

"Now's a good time to put a life in perspective," said Buccino. "The way things keep going, and medicines keep improving, sixty just might be middle age for many of us. But this collection stops to look at how life's been so far. The good times, though not a lot of poets write about the good times, and the heartaches and how we're doing so far."

A New York City financial news editor by day, Buccino has been called "New Jersey's 'Garrison Keillor'" or something to that effect.' He published three books of essays based in and around Nutley and Belleville. He published two books of biographies of the hundreds of men from his home towns who died while in service.

BUCCINO has published twelve books including six full-length poetry collections. His poem At The Vet, which appeared in Volume 55 of U.S. 1 Worksheets, has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2010.

His latest poetry collection, CANNED Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed, was published in May.

He recently published Retrieving Labrador Days - Dog Tales In Prose And Verse. This was followed by the poetry collection Sixteen Inches On Center in April 2010. His poetry collections include, Voices On The Bus and One Morning In Jersey City.

His poem Something Tells Me You Went To Catholic School earned Honorable Mention in the 2010 Allen Ginsberg Awards. His poem Hands In Socks was named Editor’s Choice in the 2008 Allen Ginsberg Awards. His poem Ten Minutes earned Honorable Mention in the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Awards.

He has been published in Paterson Literary Review; Celebrating William Carlos Williams and The Poetry of Place: North Jersey in Poetry; Voices in Italian Americana; Edison Literary Review, and Journal of New Jersey Poets.

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Buccino created and maintains the New Jersey Poets and Poetry blog at http://njpoetspoetry.blog-spot.com/ , a continuing listing of poets and poetry news and events.

For more information, visit http://www.anthonybuccino.com/.

Oct. 21 will be a busy day

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Oct. 19, 2010

The Authors Show

Don McCauley interviews Anthony Buccino, author of CANNED Booted, bumped …

One day only, online.

Note:

Interviews play from 12 am ET for 24 hrs

Carriage House Poetry Series

Feature readers:

Jessica de Koninck

and

Anthony Buccino

Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Oct. 19, 2010

Kuran Arts Center, Watson Road, Fanwood, NJ

Open Reading after Features

Review posted on Philadelphia Stories

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Please take a few minutes to read this online review...

Philadelphia Stories

Buccino book signing set for June 26

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Anthony Buccino will sign copies of his latest books at
...2 p.m., on Saturday, June 26, at
The Stuffed Cupcake-TM, 231 Franklin Avenue, Nutley, N.J.

Fans can pick up a few signed-books for summer reads and gifts and bring home some
fabulous, world-famous, stuffed cupcakes. Books & cupcakes sold separately.

Mark your calendars today!

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Check out Anthony Buccino's poetry and essay collections.

Three essay collections and other titles are also available on Kindle:

A Father's Place, An Eclectic Collection
Sister Dressed Me Funny
Rambling Round, Inside and Outside at the Same Time

The Observer: AMERICAN BOY Pushing Sixty

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The Observer, Entertainment and Dining

Turning Unemployment Into An Art Form

by Karen Zautyk

May 19, 2010.

Pages 11 and 13

Theobserver.com

Poetry Collection Reviewed

2010-05-10T11:27:00.001-07:00

The folks at Small Press Reviews have a few words to say about AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty, by Anthony Buccino

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American Boy - now available on Kindle

2010-03-31T19:51:00.000-07:00

American Boy: Pushing Sixty and all of Anthony Buccino's books are now available on Kindle from Amazon.

From a reader

2009-12-13T17:09:00.001-08:00

I just received ... your American Boy: Pushing Sixty. I read every single poem, and during some, it was hard not to feel sad enough to cry. I think I like this best of your books and I know I will read it a few more times to savor all of them again.

American Boy - book launch, reading and signing

2009-10-30T07:54:00.000-07:00

Anthony Buccino has published his third poetry collection AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty. Working class verse about life and growing up in New Jersey.

From the center of the Baby Boom, this working class verse is about life and growing up in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and growing older in the 1980s, 1990s and the oughts.

Buccino will read from this and his other collections at the River Read Reading Series in Red Bank, N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 8. The afternoon also features reading by Susan Tepper, followed by an Open mic.

Buccino's poem Hands In Socks was named Editor’s Choice in the 2008 Allen Ginsberg Awards. His poem Ten Minutes earned Honorable Mention in the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Awards.

His poems have been published in Paterson Literary Review; Celebrating William Carlos Williams and The Poetry of Place: North Jersey in Poetry; Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs); Medusa’s Kitchen; Voices in Italian Americana; Edison Literary Review; Journal of New Jersey Poets; LIPS; CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians; The Idiom; MEWS; Raving Dove; More Sweet Lemons; The Poem Factory; and PowWow Review.

His first poetry chapbook, Days You Knew Me, was published in 1976.

A NYC financial news editor by day, Buccino nonetheless writes with humor on his many feature length blog posts on NJ.com, in essays and in poetry. He peruses every day with tongue firmly in cheek seeking the humor to pay homage. He has been called “New Jersey’s ‘Garrison Keillor’ ” or something to that effect.’

He has published three essay collections, three poetry collections and two military history books.
Anthony Buccino created and maintains the New Jersey Poets and Poetry, a continuing blog of poets and poetry news and events.

AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty, now on sale

2009-09-30T03:45:00.000-07:00

Anthony Buccino's new poetry collection is available at
AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty

This new collection of working class verse is about life and growing up in New Jersey in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and growing older in the 1980s, 1990s and the oughts.

Anthony Buccino published two collections of poetry in 2008.

Voices on the Bus collects his poems written while commuting from northeastern Essex County to Jersey City, N.J.

One Morning in Jersey City collects his poems written in and around Jersey City and sitting along the Hudson River, often at lunch time.

His poems "Hands In Socks" was named Editor's Choice in 2008 Allen Ginsberg Awards. "Ten Minutes" was Honorable Mention in 2009 Allen Ginsberg Awards.

He has written three books of essays based in and around Nutley and Belleville, N.J. He published two books of biographies of the hundreds of men from his home towns who died while in service.

ISBN 0982567707
ISBN 9780982567708

I
RUMOURS OF WAR
COWBOY OF OCTOBER
WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE
MILKWEED
CAROMS
TELEVISION ENDING
SATURDAY TV
COWBOY
BUTCH
BOYS IN THE WOODS
HOT LUNCH
BUG JUICE
AMERICAN BOY
NAMES
MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS
NEEDLE
LEGLESS
SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN
FACCIA BRUTE
DEAR OLD MAN
GAMES WE PLAYED
THAT FIRST KISS
BAD BOYS
KILLER JOE
OLD MAN

II
SILENT TALK
TRAVELS
THE CAFETERIA
ALL THE BEST FOODS
FORGOTTEN DREAMS
SILENT SOUNDS
SURPRISE
NO TIME FOR OOPS
CLASS
EVERYTHING HURTS
CURSE OF THE BUTTONS
VANISHING WORDS
SANDWICHED
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD
YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES
SHOELACES
CRAYONS
FIFTY-TWO
MIRROR
RUBBER TIRES
JOB ROCK
QUIET ONE
LAST LAUGH
BIRTHDAY POEM

III
PINKY
IN MY ROOM
CONFETTI
TOWN PUB
LAST DOG
DEAR ROY
DO OVER

IV
WHAT’S WRONG
PUSHING SIXTY
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE
WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND
MARCIA
ONE TRUE LOVE
DO NOT THINK

Order your copies today.

BIRTHDAY POEM published in Medusa’s Kitchen

EVERYTHING HURTS, ALL THE BEST FOODS, and WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE published in Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs)

HOT LUNCH, AMERICAN BOY and DO NOT THINK published in Poem Factory

OLD MAN published in Raving Dove

YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES published in The Edison Literary Review

SILENT TALK published in Journal of New Jersey Poets

TOWN PUB published in LIPS

Estelle - Kanye West - Who?

2008-12-04T07:31:00.000-08:00

Please don't confuse this collection of poetry in progress with the Grammy nominated song American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West.

The poems in this collection are nothing like the lyrics to American Boy.

Thanks.

American Boy - A rough Index of Verse

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AMERICAN BOY - Working class verse about youth and aging.
by Anthony Buccino

RUMOURS OF WAR
COWBOY OF OCTOBER
WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE
LAST DOG
CONFETTI
BUTCH
TOWN PUB
OLD MAN **
HOT LUNCH **
ALL THE BEST FOODS **
FORGOTTEN DREAMS
SILENT SOUNDS
SURPRISE
NO TIME FOR OOPS
EVERYTHING HURTS **
CURSE OF THE BUTTONS
VANISHING WORDS
SANDWICHED
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER
YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD
YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES **
SHOELACES
CRAYONS
FIFTY-TWO
MIRROR
RUBBER TIRES

CALIFORNIA STEVE
DEAR OLD MAN
SILENT TALK **
BAD BOYS
CLASS
KILLER JOE
JOB ROCK
TRAVELS
LAUGHTER
THE CAFETERIA
HEAVY WATER
AUSTRALIA
HARBORSIDE CAFÉ INTRIGUE
SPAGHETTI TREES **
WINE BARRELS
AMERICAN BOY
FACCIA BRUTE
SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN
WHAT’S WRONG
I’M NOT GEPETTO
POOR BISHOP
DO NOT THINK I HAVE FORGOTTEN LONELINESS **
ONE TRUE LOVE

List subject to change.

* indicates published, or accepted for publication

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