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CANNED booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, ...

One Morning in Jersey City

Retrieving Labrador Days, dog tales in prose and verse

Sixteen Inches on Center

Sometimes I Swear In Italian

Voices on the Bus, Train, Subway, and in My Head

Yountakah Country, a Poetic View of Nutley Old and New

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Judge's comments on CANNED, Booted, Bumped ...

Comments on CANNED

“It is very lively, topical, and to the point. The poems are jazzy, imagistic, and lyrical. This was one of the best books I reviewed for this contest. A well structured book of poetry has the following: clear and compelling cover image that draws the reader in, a table of contents, interesting back material that may included an author’s photograph and biographical note (I found the back a bit cluttered and do consider a photo), and clean typesetting. CANNED benefits from most of these. Audience includes the general reader of contemporary poetry and of course anyone suffering from unemployment and layoffs and the general economic crisis. This book speaks to a real problem with humor and poetic technique. 

“The most professional thing that any book of poetry can have is a list of magazines (print and electronic) where the poems were previously published. This shows seriousness, and a track record. And so the acknowledgements here are a terrific addition. Do consider sending a full manuscript out to some literary presses for consideration. I think this collection is publishable on that level. In terms of the poems themselves, don’t shy away from detail or from images that use the five senses. Abstraction is interesting, but it is detail and imagery that really drive the feeling of any poem, so be specific. Also, add page numbers to the contents. Overall, however, excellent work.”

Judge: 60 

19th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards

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Sometimes I Swear In Italian - on Kindle ereader

Anthony Buccino's collection about growing up Italian American in New Jersey is now available on Kindle ereader as well as the plain-brown-wrapper edition in print.

Read about the old neighborhood where the 'bianca lina' man sold bleach to make the white linens; and the young boy growing up in the house his grandfather built, and living upstairs from his scary grandma who spoke no English.

This American boy discovers the land his ancestors left to make a better life for his generation.

The pigeons that follow him throughout Italy provide the connection to his father - who raised homers - who didn't speak English until he started school - the rich heritage of the old country, and the enormous sacrifice of his grandparents.

Despite its title, Sometimes I Swear In Italian contains no profanity in any language.

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Sometimes I Swear In Italian - in print

Anthony Buccino's collection Sometimes I Swear In Italian about growing up  Italian American in New Jersey and discovering the roots of his ancestors is now available in print. Buy it through this link.

Sometimes I Swear In Italian

A new poetry collection, Sometimes I Swear In Italian on his Italian American heritage by Anthony Buccino will be released in September.

Verse capturing assimilation of Italian American born and raised in New Jersey and inspired by a trip to Italy where he realizes it is also his home. Read about the 'bianca lina' man, a non English speaking grandmother living downstairs, and life viewed by an American boy grown older.

Prepublication Offer:
Order a signed copy of Sometimes I Swear In Italian, send $10 to
A Buccino, PO Box 110252, Nutley NJ 07110
along with your name, mailing address and 'To Name' if desired.

YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY now on Kindle

YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY 
A Poetic View of Nutley, Old and New
[Kindle Edition]

Cherry Blossom Press presents YOUNTAKAH COUNTRY A Poetic View Of Nutley Old And New by Nutley writer Anthony Buccino.

Buccino's own take on the township mixes history, tales and observations in a rich mix of what may or may not be the true history of Annie Oakley, the ITT tower, Leni Lenape, a Valium breeze, not to mention the Velodrome and the headless rider or the parlous water that rage through town on rainy days.

Knowing some of Nutley's history, readers will appreciate the twists and turns and maybe even learn something about the quiet little "Norman Rockwell town" in northern New Jersey.

For instance, did you know that the quiet little river that runs through Nutley was called Yountakah by Lenni Lenape, and so was their annual autumn feast - a predecessor to the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving? The name was also used by a large country club and golf course that bordered the Passaic River in town.

Buccino's verse also tackles a few local customs, including the senior high grads swimming in pool across town, and the rite of crossing the perilous rail overpass at Memorial Park.

And, of course, Buccino would never write about Nutley without homage to the men who paid the price for our freedom. Four poems recall the men who died in service and the veterans who lived in town and made it what it is today.

In other nostalgic verse, Buccino recalls summers at Booth Park, ice skating at ITT tower, school air raid drills at Holy Family School, pieces of an airplane landing on a Nutley lawn one night, the Nutley Museum and the Nutley Little Theatre.

Buccino weaves his poem Wonderful Life around Frances Goodrich, who grew up in town and went on to write the “Thin Man” film series and later won a Pulitzer Prize for the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

Buccino’s poem suggests Goodrich’s screenplay for the popular Christmas film “It’s A Wonderful Life” has hints of old Nutley, and that the scene of the angel and George on the bridge may have been inspired by the Lyndhurst bridge over the Passaic River, not far from where Goodrich grew up.

In recalling Nutley of about 100 years ago, Buccino cites Guthrie’s Dry Good Store and some of our famous residents and visitors, including Mark Twain, Annie Oakley and Richard Stockton lining up for that new invention called ice cream.

Goodrich was inducted into the Nutley Hall of Fame in 2005. Buccino stood in for the writer and her family at the ceremony.

Copyright © 2010-2016 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved.

Yountakah Country is available in print, with 40 illustrations.

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Barista retrieves 'Lab Days' book

Barista Pets

Local Author Writes About Menagerie of Pets

"Six dogs, one bunny, two canaries, one (wild) robin, a lot of turtles, and an aquarium full of fish. No, this not the inventory of a local pet store but just some of the pets that Anthony Buccino of Nutley has owned over the years...."

The Observer: Turning unemployment into an art form

The Observer, Entertainment and Dining

Turning unemployment into an art form

by Karen Zautyk
Senior Correspondent

Anthony Buccino of Nutley is not now unemployed. In fact, he has held his job as a business news editor in New York for the last 11 years. However, in the course of 25 years...

May 19, 2010.

Pages 11 and 13

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Sixteen Inches On Center - now in print

Sixteen Inches On Center, a new poetry collection by Anthony Buccino is now available in print.

Seeing a father through a grown son's eyes.


First Edition: April 2010
ISBN 978-0-9825677-2-2
76 pages

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Buccino in the Newspapers

Anthony Buccino makes two splashes during National Poetry month.

A paean to poetry in Paterson NorthJersey.com That poem, "A Wonderful Town," by Nutley's Anthony Buccino, is what she's talking about — homely, almost journalistic, detailed, the specific as a ...

Town that gives poetic license ... Jersey City ... Anthony Buccino used to be able to walk outside his Dow Jones Newswires office at Exchange Place in downtown Jersey City during his lunch break and capture ... hudsonreporter.com/printer_friendly/6986377

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One Morning In Jersey City now on Kindle reader

One Morning In Jersey City - the poetry collection by Anthony Buccino, is now available on Kindle from Amazon.

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AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty

Copies of the new poetry collection by Anthony Buccino are available at
AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty

DA VINCI PAINTS MY HOUSE - Up & Under

Da Vinci Paints My House, a poem by Anthony Buccino, will be published in The Quick & Dirty Poets literary journal Up & Under, issue #4.


The launch party will take place on Friday March 27th, from 7-9 p.m. at The Daily Grind in Mount Holly, N.J.

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Belleville Times profile of the poet

The Belleville Times, Belleville, N.J., published an 11-inch profile about Anthony Buccino, author of the poetry collection Voices on the Bus.

LITERATURE Resident publishes book of poetry by Meghan Grant appears on page 3 of the Jan. 15, 2009, issue.

Included with the story is staff photographer Deborah Ann Tripoldi's photo of Buccino boarding the N.J. Transit 74 bus to Branch Brook Station in Newark.

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OLD MAN/TROPHIES in NJ anthology

Two poems by Anthony Buccino Old Man and Trophies are included in the 2008 anthology ON THE QUIET SIDE published by the New Jersey Poetry Society.



Copies are available for $11.95, plus $2 S&H, from

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12 Rydal Dr.
Lawrenceville NJ 08648-3653

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Three essay collections by Anthony Buccino are available on Kindle.
A Father's Place, An Eclectic Collection
Sister Dressed Me Funny
Rambling Round, Inside and Outside at the Same Time