Nicola Vulpe doesn’t get out much with the literati, but has nonetheless published four collections of poetry, When the Mongols Return, Blue Tile, Insult to the Brain, which won the 2020 Fred Cogswell Award, and Through the Waspmouth I Drew You, and a novella, The Extraordinary Event of Pia H, who turned to admire a chicken on the Plaza Mayor.

Nicola Vulpe's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises two contributions of poetry, over a period of three years.