Tom Nicotera has taught poetry classes and workshops in Washington, D.C., including at Immaculata College and Georgetown University. Tom ran a poetry series in Takoma Park, Maryland, that included Beat writers such as Charles Plymell and Herbert Huncke. He also coproduced  a Jazz-Poetry Day on the Washington Monument Grounds in D.C.

In Connecticut, Tom ran a poetry series at Susan's Cafe in Granby, and for 25 years, was involved as cofounder/coordinator of the Bloomfield Library's Wintonbury Poetry Series. He was editor of Charter Oak Poets II, an anthology of Hartford area poets, and was on the organizing committee for the 2001 Connecticut Poetry Festival at Middlesex Community College. He was a member of the performance poetry trio "Not Just Any Tom, Vic and Terri" and for four years produced the "Celebrate Bloomfield" Poetry Event featuring 17 Bloomfield poets. For several years, he was a mentor for the student poetry collaboration between the American School for the Deaf and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.

To earn money, Tom has worked as a Report Department Editor and Proofreader at the accounting firms Coopers & Lybrand in Washington, D.C., and Blum Shapiro in Connecitcut. In addition, Tom was a professional mime and juggler for six years, performing at deaf schools around the country, and street performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, and New Orleans. He has a book of poems titled What Better Place To Be Than Here? (Kanona, NY: Foothills Publishing, 2016), and he has published poems in various journals, magazines, and anthologies.

Contact Tom via email at tomdnicotera@gmail.com to purchase his book.