Trickle Down

Trickle Down is a compilation of short stories and poetry by Bob Giusto, a veteran high school teacher who has plied his trade in various locations ranging from the heart of the South Bronx to Lakewood, Colorado in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.  His writing reflects his many experiences and the varied voices to which he has listened.  His language may in one piece strut to the beat of the inner city street corner, and in the next it may sing of the prairie or a snowcapped mountain.  His themes range from the senseless violence of gang life in “Atop This Hill” to the need for each of us to lift our fellow man through life’s difficulties in “Your Rock.”  As Walt Whitman once wrote, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.”  So too does Mr. Giusto in this collection sing from the heart of a multi-voiced America, the ever-changing, often frustrating, yet also sublime place that he calls home.

Bob Giusto was born and raised in Queens, New York, and he currently teaches English at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Colorado.  His wife and three children make his life more than complete, but they still afford the author enough time to sequester himself in his basement study for hours at a time so that his words may continue to trickle down across the page.  He has previously been published in Phi Delta Kappan, an international journal for educators, Drum, a literary journal of Queens College, CUNY, and The St. Anthony Messenger.  This is his first collection of work to be published.