Sometimes I Swear In Italian - about

Anthony Buccino's collection Sometimes I Swear In Italian is about growing up  Italian American in New Jersey and discovering the roots of his ancestors in Italy.

Read of the old neighborhood where the 'bianca lina' man sold bleach to make the white linens, of 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 him and his generation.

Discover the sublet connection to the pigeons that follow him throughout Italy providing a 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.

Sometimes I Swear In Italian - table of contents

Sometimes I Swear In Italian
by Anthony Buccino

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L’AMERICA

SPAGHETTI TREES 

BUTCHIE 

LEGLESS 

DOMENIC 

NEEDLE 

AMERICAN BOY 

OLD MAN 

FACCIA BRUTE 

PIGEON MAN SECRETS 

MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS 

THOSE PEOPLE 

SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN 

BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 

I’M NOT GEPETTO 

FIFTY-TWO 

MOST AT HOME 

FOR EVERY BILL 

NAMES 

SOFIA DELL 

SUNDAY DINNER 

Venice sky at morning.

Egg & Eggplant 

ON MY SHOES 

BREATHLESS 

A BIG LONG FLIGHT 

HOT COCOA IN AUGUST 

SOLO JULIET 

THESE STREETS ARE ALL WET 

PIGEONS IN VENICE FOUNTAINS 

HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT? 

FATHER MET ME IN THE OLD COUNTRY 

WAITING FOR THE BBC 

DAVID AS STATUE 

HOW DO YOU SAY 

EGG AND EGGPLANT 

RAIN IN PISA 

MAIORI AT FERRAGOSTO 

NIGHT SHADOW 

IN THE SQUARE 

ONE EURO FROM A TWO EURO 

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Sometimes I Swear In Italian

by Anthony Buccino

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Acknowledgements

SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN

by Anthony Buccino

Acknowledgements

American Boy published online at Poem Factory

Egg And Eggplant published in Sweet Lemons 2

Old Man published in Raving Dove Online Literary Magazine

http://www.ravingdove.org/

Spaghetti Trees published online at PowWow Papers, Sweet Lemons 2

Solo Juliet published in Voices In Italian-Americana

David As Statue published in Medusa’s Kitchen

Sixteen Inches On Center includes Butchie, Money In Newspapers, Pigeon Man Secrets, Old Man, Pigeons In Venice Fountains, Father Met Me in the Old Country, One Euro From A Two Euro


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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 who lived downstairs, and life viewed by an American boy grown older.

Sometimes I Swear In Italian has no foul language.

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A Buccino, PO Box 110252, Nutley NJ 07110
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