tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43171766945675747542024-02-18T17:54:59.538-08:00AMERICAN BOY: Pushing sixtyFrom the center of the Baby Boom, this 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.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-89375361122953438942012-09-01T15:29:00.000-07:002012-09-03T18:17:23.085-07:00AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty in print and ereaderAnthony 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.<br />
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"Much of the work collected here reflects on growing up in Belleville and growing old in Nutley," he said. <br />
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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.<br />
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"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.<br />
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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. <br />
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"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."<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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Buccino created and maintains the New Jersey Poets and Poetry blog at <a href="http://njpoetspoetry.blog-spot.com/">http://njpoetspoetry.blog-spot.com/</a> , a continuing listing of poets and poetry news and events. <br />
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For more information, visit <a href="http://www.anthonybuccino.com/">http://www.anthonybuccino.com/</a>.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-17787388508213362252012-06-14T12:19:00.000-07:002012-06-14T12:19:31.791-07:00Table of Contents - AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">RUMOURS OF WAR <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">COWBOY OF OCTOBER<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MILKWEED<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">CAROMS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TELEVISION ENDING<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SATURDAY TV<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">COWBOY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">BUTCH<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">BOYS IN THE WOODS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HOT LUNCH<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">BUG JUICE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">AMERICAN BOY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">NAMES<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">NEEDLE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">LEGLESS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">FACCIA BRUTE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">DEAR OLD MAN<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">GAMES WE PLAYED<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">THAT FIRST KISS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">BAD BOYS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">KILLER JOE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">OLD MAN<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">FORGOTTEN DREAMS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SILENT SOUNDS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SURPRISE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">NO TIME FOR OOPS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">CLASS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">EVERYTHING HURTS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">CURSE OF THE BUTTONS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">VANISHING WORDS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDWICHED<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SHOELACES<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">CRAYONS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">FIFTY-TWO<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 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</div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt;">IV<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">WHAT’S WRONG<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PUSHING SIXTY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MARCIA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">ONE TRUE LOVE<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Acknowledgements:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Some poems in this collection may also appear in other collections of Buccino’s work and in the following literary journals.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">EVERYTHING HURTS, ALL THE BEST FOODS, and WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE published in <i>Rattlesnake Review</i> (Poetry With Fangs)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">HOT LUNCH, AMERICAN BOY and DO NOT THINK published in <i>Poem Factory</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><br />
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<br />ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-7200690639161169842010-03-31T19:51:00.000-07:002010-03-31T19:51:00.746-07:00American Boy - now available on KindleAmerican Boy: Pushing Sixty and all of Anthony Buccino's books are now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Anthony%20Buccino">Kindle </a>from Amazon.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-56451222491945602652009-12-13T17:09:00.001-08:002009-12-13T17:09:48.456-08:00From a readerI 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.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-38549350587476149472009-10-30T07:54:00.000-07:002009-10-30T07:54:00.827-07:00American Boy - book launch, reading and signingAnthony Buccino has published his third poetry collection <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/american-boy-pushing-sixty/7626942">AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty</a>. <em>Working class verse about life and growing up in New Jersey.<br /><br /></em>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.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXl2QvoK53jHEm2WIs5DMkGiLWIJyPcnsKZG4OEyosxGrNIs2wOQ5adPonqzcCGFBYOvPm56AhqtJYjt-jGYHOkrfjJkVuuUoufd40uBBpPwqg4R8YtWRocOG2BdQXkWABp0ejSw8sKmj9/s1600-h/AmboyFront_100409.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388932976703538610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 94px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="American Boy: Pushing Sixty" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXl2QvoK53jHEm2WIs5DMkGiLWIJyPcnsKZG4OEyosxGrNIs2wOQ5adPonqzcCGFBYOvPm56AhqtJYjt-jGYHOkrfjJkVuuUoufd40uBBpPwqg4R8YtWRocOG2BdQXkWABp0ejSw8sKmj9/s400/AmboyFront_100409.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Buccino will read from this and his other collections at the <a href="http://www.johnpetrolino.com/Frank_Talk/">River Read Reading Series </a>in Red Bank, N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 8. The afternoon also features reading by Susan Tepper, followed by an Open mic.<br /><br />Buccino's poem <em>Hands In Socks </em>was named Editor’s Choice in the 2008 Allen Ginsberg Awards. His poem <em>Ten Minutes </em>earned Honorable Mention in the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Awards.<br /><br />His poems have been published in <em>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;</em> and <em>PowWow Review</em>.<br /><br />His first poetry chapbook, <em>Days You Knew Me</em>, was published in 1976.<br /><br />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.’<br /><br />He has published three essay collections, three poetry collections and two military history books.<br /><a href="http://www.anthonybuccino.com/">Anthony Buccino</a> created and maintains the New Jersey Poets and Poetry, a continuing blog of poets and poetry news and events.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-9068308967230605972009-09-30T03:45:00.000-07:002009-10-05T10:03:44.542-07:00AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty, now on saleAnthony Buccino's new poetry collection is available at<br /><a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/american-boy-pushing-sixty/7626942">AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty</a><br /><br />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.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.anthonybuccino.com/BiographyAnthonyBuccino.html">Anthony Buccino</a> published two collections of poetry in 2008.<br /><br /><em>Voices on the Bus</em> collects his poems written while commuting from northeastern Essex County to Jersey City, N.J.<br /><br /><em>One Morning in Jersey City</em> collects his poems written in and around Jersey City and sitting along the Hudson River, often at lunch time.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />ISBN 0982567707<br />ISBN 9780982567708<br /><br />I<br />RUMOURS OF WAR<br />COWBOY OF OCTOBER<br />WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE<br />MILKWEED<br />CAROMS<br />TELEVISION ENDING<br />SATURDAY TV<br />COWBOY<br />BUTCH<br />BOYS IN THE WOODS<br />HOT LUNCH<br />BUG JUICE<br />AMERICAN BOY<br />NAMES<br />MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS<br />NEEDLE<br />LEGLESS<br />SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN<br />FACCIA BRUTE<br />DEAR OLD MAN<br />GAMES WE PLAYED<br />THAT FIRST KISS<br />BAD BOYS<br />KILLER JOE<br />OLD MAN<br /><br />II<br />SILENT TALK<br />TRAVELS<br />THE CAFETERIA<br />ALL THE BEST FOODS<br />FORGOTTEN DREAMS<br />SILENT SOUNDS<br />SURPRISE<br />NO TIME FOR OOPS<br />CLASS<br />EVERYTHING HURTS<br />CURSE OF THE BUTTONS<br />VANISHING WORDS<br />SANDWICHED<br />TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER<br />YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD<br />YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES<br />SHOELACES<br />CRAYONS<br />FIFTY-TWO<br />MIRROR<br />RUBBER TIRES<br />JOB ROCK<br />QUIET ONE<br />LAST LAUGH<br />BIRTHDAY POEM<br /><br />III<br />PINKY<br />IN MY ROOM<br />CONFETTI<br />TOWN PUB<br />LAST DOG<br />DEAR ROY<br />DO OVER<br /><br />IV<br />WHAT’S WRONG<br />PUSHING SIXTY<br />WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE<br />WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND<br />MARCIA<br />ONE TRUE LOVE<br />DO NOT THINK<br /><br />Order your copies today.<br /><br /><br />BIRTHDAY POEM published in <em>Medusa’s Kitchen</em><br /><br />EVERYTHING HURTS, ALL THE BEST FOODS, and WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE published in <em>Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs)</em><br /><br />HOT LUNCH, AMERICAN BOY and DO NOT THINK published in <em>Poem Factory</em><br /><br />OLD MAN published in <em>Raving Dove</em><br /><br />YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES published in <em>The Edison Literary Review</em><br /><br />SILENT TALK published in <em>Journal of New Jersey Poets</em><br /><br />TOWN PUB published in <em>LIPS</em>ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-85890443275984000252008-12-04T07:31:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:33:26.816-08:00Estelle - Kanye West - Who?Please don't confuse this collection of poetry in progress with the Grammy nominated song American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West.<br /><br />The poems in this collection are nothing like the lyrics to American Boy.<br /><br />Thanks.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-80460537816205142562008-05-31T14:35:00.000-07:002008-12-19T19:08:00.321-08:00American Boy - A rough Index of VerseAMERICAN BOY - Working class verse about youth and aging.<br />by Anthony Buccino<br /><br /><blockquote>RUMOURS OF WAR<br />COWBOY OF OCTOBER<br />WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE<br />LAST DOG<br /><a href="http://uncletonoose.blogspot.com/2008/12/evening-of-confetti.html">CONFETTI</a><br />BUTCH<br />TOWN PUB<br />OLD MAN **<br />HOT LUNCH **<br />ALL THE BEST FOODS **<br />FORGOTTEN DREAMS<br />SILENT SOUNDS<br />SURPRISE<br />NO TIME FOR OOPS<br />EVERYTHING HURTS **<br />CURSE OF THE BUTTONS<br />VANISHING WORDS<br />SANDWICHED<br />TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER<br />YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD<br />YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES **<br />SHOELACES<br />CRAYONS<br />FIFTY-TWO<br />MIRROR<br />RUBBER TIRES<br /><br />CALIFORNIA STEVE<br />DEAR OLD MAN<br />SILENT TALK **<br />BAD BOYS<br />CLASS<br />KILLER JOE<br />JOB ROCK<br />TRAVELS<br />LAUGHTER<br />THE CAFETERIA<br />HEAVY WATER<br />AUSTRALIA<br />HARBORSIDE CAFÉ INTRIGUE<br />SPAGHETTI TREES **<br />WINE BARRELS<br />AMERICAN BOY<br />FACCIA BRUTE<br />SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN<br />WHAT’S WRONG<br />I’M NOT GEPETTO<br />POOR BISHOP<br />DO NOT THINK I HAVE FORGOTTEN LONELINESS **<br />ONE TRUE LOVE</blockquote><br /><br />List subject to change.<br /><br />* indicates published, or accepted for publicationARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4317176694567574754.post-23545413426082798402008-04-09T14:12:00.001-07:002008-04-09T14:47:22.989-07:00Thanks for Stopping ByThis blog is under construction.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.com