"Arranged into sections by the change of seasons, Finale's poetry and prose illuminates the rhythms of the Shore over the course of the year. Finale masterfully captures the ebb and flow of seasonal life here."
"To The Shore Once More" is certain to have its readers return to its pages again and again..."
"This is a book that deserves to be displayed, shared with friends and visitors who may see our region only during summer vacations." -- Travis Cunningham, The Shore Herald
"Frank Finale is somewhat of a Jersey Shore celebrity."
"...Finale's graceful personal words capture the essence of the Jersey Shore...the book promises to evoke fond memories of much loved Shore spots and lifestyles." -- Melissa Depp, The Ocean County Observer
"The true beauty and feelings the area elicits are portrayed with unbelievable accuracy..."
"One of the most enchanting books ever published about the Jersey Shore, "To The Shore Once More" is guaranteed to become a classic and the first editions will surely become sought after collector's editions. -- Jen Murphy, The Coast Star and The Ocean Star
Frank Finale has more than two hundred seventy poems and essays published in more than one hundred different books, journals, and magazines.
He teaches at East Dover Elementary School in the Toms River Regional School District in New Jersey and has done district-wide workshops for teachers on "The Effective Use of Poetry in the Classroom."
He is currently the poetry editor for "the new renaissance," an international, award-winning, literary magazine.
In 1983, he helped found the literary magazine, "Without Halos" as well as its publishing organization, The Ocean County Poets Collective. He served as editor-in-chief from 1985 through 1995.
In 1996, he co-edited, with Rich Youmans, "Under A Gull's Wing" (Down The Shore Publishing), the critically acclaimed anthology of poems and photographs about the Jersey Shore.
In April 1999, he was a presenter and reader in the prestigious Eighteenth Annual Writers' Conference held at The College Of New Jersey.
Over the years, his poems and essays have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Kansas Quarterly, New York Quarterly, Negative Capability, Press Quarterly, Poetry NOW, Poet Lore, Pig Iron, Blue Unicorn, ELF: Eclectic Literary Forum, The Paterson Literary Review, Visions International, LIPS, Journal Of New Jersey Poets, Coast Magazine, New Jersey Outdoors, California Quarterly, and the new renaissance, among others.
In the 1990s, his work has been anthologized in Movieworks (Little Theatre Press, 1990); Blood To Remember: American Poets On The Holocaust (Texas Tech University Press, 1991); Life On The Line: Selections On Words & Healing (Negative Capability Press, 1992); A Loving Voice II: A Caregiver's Book Of More Read-Aloud Stories For The Elderly (The Charles Press, 1994); Under A Gull's Wing (Down The Shore Publishing, 1996); First Light: Poems, Stories and Essays Of The Winter Holiday Season (Calypso Press, 1998); Anthology Of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, 1985, 1986-1988, and 1997 Editions (Alan Pater, Editor); Shore Stories (Down The Shore Publishing, 1998); Sunlight On The Moon (Carpenter Gothic Publishers, 1999); Identity Lessons, Contemporary Writing About Learning To Be American (Penguin Books, 1999); and Teaching Poetry In High School (National Council Of Teachers Of English, 1999).
Mr. Finale is listed in Marquis Who's Who In The East 1999-2000 (27th Edition); The International Who's Who In Poetry 1999 And Poets Encyclopedia (9th Edition, Cambridge, England); International Author's And Writers Who's Who 1999 (16th Edition); and Who's Who Among America's Teachers: The Best Teachers In America Selected By The Best Students (5th Edition, 1998), among others.
Mr. Finale gives readings regularly throughout the Jersey Shore and New Jersey. He received a Master Of Arts Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1976.
Born in 1942, Mr. Finale is a Pisces who has lived by the sea most of his life and currently resides with his wife, Barbara, two cats, and almost too many books in Bayville, New Jersey.
