Shadow Traffic

by Joey Nicoletti

Shadow Traffic contains 16 delightful poems about Marvel superheroes, famous Italians, famiglia, and rock and roll, written with love and skill by New Yorker Joey Nicoletti. Nicoletti takes you by the hand and leads you into his fantasy life of Spider-Man and Captain Marvel; he whispers into your ear about creating new holidays and baking Onion Pie. He has a natural story-telling style, and his poems are at the same time quietly sophisticated and easily accessible. Shadow Traffic is 24 pages long, and is printed on creamy white paper. The front cover, boasting a haunting cover photo taken by photographer extraordinaire Chandra Alderman, is printed on rib-textured white cardstock, with a soft turquoise textured cardstock insert. Joey Nicoletti is the author of Cannoli Gangster (Word tech, 2012), which was selected as a finalist for the Steel Toe Books Poetry Prize by Denise Duhamel. He is also the author of Earthquake Weather (NightBallet Press, 2012), and Borrowed Dust (Finishing Line Press, 2011). His poetry, nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Stymie Magazine, Two Bridges Review, Voices in Italian Americana, Drawn to Poems from the Comic Books, and other magazines and anthologies. He lives with his family in Western New York, where he teaches at SUNY Buffalo State.

24 pages, Staple Bound

Published August 1, 2014

About the author

Joey Nicoletti is the author of two full-length poetry collections and four chapbooks. A graduate of the Sarah Lawrence College MFA program, he teaches creative writing and literature at SUNY Buffalo State College.