Anthony Buccino

New Jersey author Anthony Buccino's stories of the 1960s, transit coverage and other writings earned four Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism awards. He published five essay collections, three military history books and seven full-length poetry collections. The author/photographer published his fourth photo collection, New Orleans In Plain View in summer of 2020.

The writer, editor, photographer, wordsmith writes with clarity and humor in his verse and columns about growing up in the second half of the Twentieth Century. He has been called “New Jersey’s ‘Garrison Keillor’ ” or something to that effect,’ when that was a good thing to be called. His photography earned him the nickname "New Jersey's 'Anvil Adams'."

Buccino published a collection of his dad's WW2 LETTERS HOME FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC in honor of the latter's 100th birthday in November 2018. His latest nonfiction book is NUTLEY NOTABLES Volume Two, which follows NUTLEY NOTABLES - The men and women who made a memorable impact on our home town, Nutley, New Jersey.

Buccino published four full-length photo collections, New Orleans In Plain View, Jersey City Snapshots, New York City Snapshots and Nutley Snapshots.

His essay collections are Greetings From Belleville, New Jersey, Rambling Round, Sister Dressed Me Funny, A Father's Place, and the mini-book Martha Stewart Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

He has written three military history books: Belleville Sons Honor Roll, Nutley Sons Honor Roll and Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War.

His poetry collections: Sometimes I Swear In Italian; Canned; Yountakah Country; Retrieving Labrador Days; Sixteen Inches On Center; AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty; Voices On The Bus; and One Morning In Jersey City.

Buccino has been published in The Wall Street Journal, New Jersey Monthly, and many literary magazines.

He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, New Jersey Chapter. The author majored in English and minored in journalism at Montclair State College.

KINDLE EBOOK TITLES REMOVED

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