In 2007, Buttaci retired after being a long-time teacher of English at a New Jersey middle school and an adjunct professor at Bergen Community College.
He lives in West Virginia with his loving wife Sharon.
Sharon & Sal Buttaci
Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci is the former editor of New Worlds Unlimited, and of Poetidings, the newsletter of the New Jersey Poetry Society, Inc.
His writings have appeared widely here and abroad. He is the author of many books, the most recent include Flashing My Shorts, Boy On A Swing And Other Poems, Promising the Moon and A Family of Sicilians: Stories and Poems.
Pudding House Publications published, and then included his chapbook, Greatest Hits: 1970-2000 in their American Poets series.