Greenwich Village Vignettes
It was a tough time, but it was also a very colorful and fascinating one at that.
Presenting a boy’s coming of age, bringing back the 1960’s tumultuous and life-changing moments, and sharing a collection of interesting short stories or vignettes, is author Alfred Canecchia’s endearing memoir of what and how his life was.
The Greenwich Village Vignettes shares Canecchia’s views, the challenges and opportunities he encountered, and the inspirational stories of that time. He was born in a world where artists are raised, bohemians are developed, and intellectuals are nurtured. He grew up in the Italian-American ghetto, where dreams are made, hopes are built, pitfalls are surpassed, and characters are molded. He deftly paints all these in a happy, funny, and poignant picture of beautiful words and inspiring tales.
Join him as he recounts these honest recollections of the events and experiences he had. Let author Alfred Canecchia take you on a nostalgic journey to a colorful past through this colorful memoir.
Briar Hill Reflections
Having showcased his contemplative depth, sensitivity, and storytelling mastery in his previous offering — the elegiac memoir Greenwich Village Vignettes — author-poet Alfred Canecchia makes a stellar return, this time dipping his pen on the poetry genre as he presents another unforgettable work.
In Briar Hill Reflections , Alfred Canecchia brings forward a uniquely sublime prose-and-picture collection; one that features a spellbinding showcase of the author’s poems and the dazzling artworks of renowned artist Roberta Campli Canecchia.
Alfred Canecchia is once again on top of his game in this spectacular volume, dazzling the reader with his perceptive, intelligent eye, emotional depth, and poetic brilliance through his unique brand of poetry.
A kaleidoscopic mix of poetic beauty, visual power, and soulful spirit, Briar Hill Reflections is one unforgettable work.
f/stops
Take a pleasurable journey from summer to spring with your eyes as Alfred Canecchia portrays the seasons through his camera lens in f/stops.
Canecchia fills each season with visually, and sometimes gastronomically, stimulating images of landscapes, still life, and various scrumptious Italian dishes. His collection of beach portraits will evoke personal memories with glorious white sands, aquamarine waters, and romantic sunsets. But most of all, Canecchia’s pictures demonstrate that even cobblestones are alluring and leafless wintering trees are beautiful in their frosted glory.
Recollections of A Truant Officer:
And Other Stories Told After School.
Scenario: You see a man in a suit and tie carrying an attaché case. He walks towards the children playing baseball one afternoon and asks them why they are not in school.
One might assume he is from the Bureau of Child Guidance while others might even say he is a detective, but could he be the honorable Truant officer watching out for kids who are not in their classes? He might be. Join author Alfred Canecchia in this heartwarming memoir of an Attendance teacher in his fieldwork in Recollections of A Truant Officer: And Other Stories Told After School.
Truant officers or Attendance teachers are the unsung heroes of schooling. They make ways and means to bring about the absent child’s immediate or eventual return to school with the help of the school and community’s resources. Embark on this engaging adventure as the author brings readers aboard an Attendance teacher’s daily routine in his line of work. Read the exciting encounters and the wily misfits he experienced in the streets as he went from house to house doing his honorable job. Laugh along as he shares awkward moments and as he runs from the biting dogs. Witness how his thirty-four and a half year tenure became his vocation.
Included with various pictures if the schools he has worked for, Recollections of A Truant Officer: And Other Stories Told After School is an inspiring tale of persistence and dedication which is truly a treasure to have.
Incomplete Works:
Poetry Short Stories Satire.
Incomplete Works is a compilation of poems about life, love, nature, history, and mortality. The short stories depict life experiences in New York City.
New York City:
The Trodden Way
New York City: The Trodden Way is a compilation of poems about life, love, nature, history, disillusionment and mortality. The prose selections depict life experiences in New York City.
The poetry collection is not just a reflection of one man’s life but a painting of what was and what is in the present society.
When Greenwich Village Was Ours!
(Memories from Those Who Grew Up There)
When Greenwich Village Was Ours! is a collection of written memoirs and short stories from various people who grew up in Greenwich Village, New York City.