Carlos A. Pittella
@pittella.bsky.social
latinx poet haunted by borders ⦁ he/him ⦁ RA @assistedlab.bsky.social
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propersitions (Cactus, '25)
footnotes after Lorca (above/ground, '24)
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propersitions (Cactus, '25)
footnotes after Lorca (above/ground, '24)
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ALT banner: blueskyed Shiva humming
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Carlos A. Pittella
@pittella.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Hi Sky!
My name is Carlos A. Pittella, I’m a Latinx poet, & you may find my bordercrossing/borderbeing in poems like “WATSONS”
—luv to @chaudierebooks.bsky.social for publishing this piece during National Poetry Month: chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/nati...
My name is Carlos A. Pittella, I’m a Latinx poet, & you may find my bordercrossing/borderbeing in poems like “WATSONS”
—luv to @chaudierebooks.bsky.social for publishing this piece during National Poetry Month: chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/nati...
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
Morning.
Winter landscape with bullfinches, Bruno Liljefors, 1891.
Winter landscape with bullfinches, Bruno Liljefors, 1891.
December 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Morning.
Winter landscape with bullfinches, Bruno Liljefors, 1891.
Winter landscape with bullfinches, Bruno Liljefors, 1891.
Teachers 🔄 Researchers 💚
"The role of teachers is, then, shifting from that of disseminators of knowledge to facilitators of knowledge-generation and sense-making... while the role of researchers is moving to include that of community conveners and educators."
—Stephanie Leite
"The role of teachers is, then, shifting from that of disseminators of knowledge to facilitators of knowledge-generation and sense-making... while the role of researchers is moving to include that of community conveners and educators."
—Stephanie Leite
Action Research for Transformative Climate Change Education: Rethinking Sayings, Doings, and Relatings at One Canadian School
| The Canadian Journal of Action Research
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Teachers 🔄 Researchers 💚
"The role of teachers is, then, shifting from that of disseminators of knowledge to facilitators of knowledge-generation and sense-making... while the role of researchers is moving to include that of community conveners and educators."
—Stephanie Leite
"The role of teachers is, then, shifting from that of disseminators of knowledge to facilitators of knowledge-generation and sense-making... while the role of researchers is moving to include that of community conveners and educators."
—Stephanie Leite
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
The story of Ramón Sampedro influenced the legalization of assisted dying in Spain and elsewhere.
But beyond Alejandro Amenábar's film Mar Adentro with Javier Bardem, there's also Sampedro’s own book 'Cartas desde el infierno'
Analysis by @pittella.bsky.social 👇
assistedlab.ch/textual/cart...
But beyond Alejandro Amenábar's film Mar Adentro with Javier Bardem, there's also Sampedro’s own book 'Cartas desde el infierno'
Analysis by @pittella.bsky.social 👇
assistedlab.ch/textual/cart...
'Cartas desde el infierno' by Ramón Sampedro
A collection of letters, poems, and essays, Sampedro’s memoir constitutes a philosophical treatise on the ethics of euthanasia.
assistedlab.ch
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The story of Ramón Sampedro influenced the legalization of assisted dying in Spain and elsewhere.
But beyond Alejandro Amenábar's film Mar Adentro with Javier Bardem, there's also Sampedro’s own book 'Cartas desde el infierno'
Analysis by @pittella.bsky.social 👇
assistedlab.ch/textual/cart...
But beyond Alejandro Amenábar's film Mar Adentro with Javier Bardem, there's also Sampedro’s own book 'Cartas desde el infierno'
Analysis by @pittella.bsky.social 👇
assistedlab.ch/textual/cart...
I'm still moon-high from our reading last night...
Thank you so much for all that poetry—& thanks to everyone in the audience who shared the evening with us 💙
Thank you so much for all that poetry—& thanks to everyone in the audience who shared the evening with us 💙
Plan on putting your flannel pants on, making a cup of hot cocoa, and joining us for POETRY tonight! 🌙 ❄️ Extra points if you bring your needlework 🙏🥰🪡
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm still moon-high from our reading last night...
Thank you so much for all that poetry—& thanks to everyone in the audience who shared the evening with us 💙
Thank you so much for all that poetry—& thanks to everyone in the audience who shared the evening with us 💙
! mañana / amanhã / demain / domani ❤️🔥
Tomorrow! 💙
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
! mañana / amanhã / demain / domani ❤️🔥
Helen DeWitt's "The Last Samurai," in which Ludo searches for a model of masculinity ❤️🔥
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Helen DeWitt's "The Last Samurai," in which Ludo searches for a model of masculinity ❤️🔥
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“No Excuses” by Rick Kempa is a perfect example of integrity
#Poetry Issue 7: #integrity
“So why are you here?” I ask.
He shrugs. “Just wanted you
to know what happened.
That’s all.” And he is able
to meet me with those eyes.
Rick Kempa is a poet and essayist living in Grand Junction, Colorado.
#Poetry Issue 7: #integrity
“So why are you here?” I ask.
He shrugs. “Just wanted you
to know what happened.
That’s all.” And he is able
to meet me with those eyes.
Rick Kempa is a poet and essayist living in Grand Junction, Colorado.
NO EXCUSES -
.
epistemiclit.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“No Excuses” by Rick Kempa is a perfect example of integrity
#Poetry Issue 7: #integrity
“So why are you here?” I ask.
He shrugs. “Just wanted you
to know what happened.
That’s all.” And he is able
to meet me with those eyes.
Rick Kempa is a poet and essayist living in Grand Junction, Colorado.
#Poetry Issue 7: #integrity
“So why are you here?” I ask.
He shrugs. “Just wanted you
to know what happened.
That’s all.” And he is able
to meet me with those eyes.
Rick Kempa is a poet and essayist living in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
a residency in a library with cozy beds where you read for hours, go for walks in a lovely garden outside, & when you’re sleepy someone reads to you
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
a residency in a library with cozy beds where you read for hours, go for walks in a lovely garden outside, & when you’re sleepy someone reads to you
SAVE THE DATE: one week from today...
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
SAVE THE DATE: one week from today...
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
A Winter's Night Chapbook Reading
👉 Sunday, Dec 7, 7pm ET (Zoom)
Thrilled to celebrate this season of poetry in fab company💙
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
We all had teacher like Mrs Nelson. This is a gentle reminder of the life lessons grown into
There is a great irony in the title, the wisdom being shared on the one day the poet was absent
The line ‘The English lesson was that I am is a complete sentence’ is a poem in itself
#poetry
#poemoftheday
There is a great irony in the title, the wisdom being shared on the one day the poet was absent
The line ‘The English lesson was that I am is a complete sentence’ is a poem in itself
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We all had teacher like Mrs Nelson. This is a gentle reminder of the life lessons grown into
There is a great irony in the title, the wisdom being shared on the one day the poet was absent
The line ‘The English lesson was that I am is a complete sentence’ is a poem in itself
#poetry
#poemoftheday
There is a great irony in the title, the wisdom being shared on the one day the poet was absent
The line ‘The English lesson was that I am is a complete sentence’ is a poem in itself
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
'Blue Light' by contemporary, Brighton-based, UK painter Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
'Blue Light' by contemporary, Brighton-based, UK painter Emma Brownjohn #WomensArt
#Poets! We’re exactly 18x more dangerous than prosefolk…
Somehow I’ve always known that, but now it’s a quantitative fact*
*pending peer review 😋
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Somehow I’ve always known that, but now it’s a quantitative fact*
*pending peer review 😋
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#Poets! We’re exactly 18x more dangerous than prosefolk…
Somehow I’ve always known that, but now it’s a quantitative fact*
*pending peer review 😋
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Somehow I’ve always known that, but now it’s a quantitative fact*
*pending peer review 😋
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Agreed. Even tho that “florid verse” subheading is a buzzkill…
The journalist wasted a great opportunity to present us as truly fearsome 😎
The journalist wasted a great opportunity to present us as truly fearsome 😎
The age of the Poet is here. Forget the techbros, or the hacker black hats or white hats, the Poets are a hooded cloak away from deploying their poetic licences to put the assonance into AI, using their allusions & juxtapositions to halt the pernicious creeping unrealities of large language models
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Agreed. Even tho that “florid verse” subheading is a buzzkill…
The journalist wasted a great opportunity to present us as truly fearsome 😎
The journalist wasted a great opportunity to present us as truly fearsome 😎
A fabulous antidote to those ads on Spotify & LinkedIn...
Goddess bless satire 🙏
Goddess bless satire 🙏
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A fabulous antidote to those ads on Spotify & LinkedIn...
Goddess bless satire 🙏
Goddess bless satire 🙏
After years subscribing to #Spotify, encountered the ICE ads.
(I'm late here, as premium subscribers don't hear ads)
The ads made me so sick I cancelled my sub, stating as reason that they obviously violate Spotify's anti-discrimination clause.
Moved to Qobuz (same $, better sound).
(I'm late here, as premium subscribers don't hear ads)
The ads made me so sick I cancelled my sub, stating as reason that they obviously violate Spotify's anti-discrimination clause.
Moved to Qobuz (same $, better sound).
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
After years subscribing to #Spotify, encountered the ICE ads.
(I'm late here, as premium subscribers don't hear ads)
The ads made me so sick I cancelled my sub, stating as reason that they obviously violate Spotify's anti-discrimination clause.
Moved to Qobuz (same $, better sound).
(I'm late here, as premium subscribers don't hear ads)
The ads made me so sick I cancelled my sub, stating as reason that they obviously violate Spotify's anti-discrimination clause.
Moved to Qobuz (same $, better sound).
👉 Save the date, poetry people!
It’s a poetry taster on a winter’s evening 📚💙❄️ Hope to see you there!
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
@amorak.bsky.social @pittella.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @martin65.bsky.social #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
👉 Save the date, poetry people!
This is gonna be amazing 🔥
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is gonna be amazing 🔥
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October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“I’ve heard it said the only safe terrain is to write about oneself because you’re not encroaching on anyone else’s material experience of trauma. But... I don’t feel like I know where I end and someone else begins. There’s no pure self that is not touched by other people.” ❤️🔥
~Stephanie Bolster
~Stephanie Bolster
Long Exposure • Montreal Review of Books
Temporally and geographically expansive, Long Exposure’s apparent digressions sediment into uncanny layers.
mtlreviewofbooks.ca
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“I’ve heard it said the only safe terrain is to write about oneself because you’re not encroaching on anyone else’s material experience of trauma. But... I don’t feel like I know where I end and someone else begins. There’s no pure self that is not touched by other people.” ❤️🔥
~Stephanie Bolster
~Stephanie Bolster
Watching Stephanie Bolster read—live—from her brilliant latest book, Long Exposure...
This will make your evening, day, season ❤️🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCs...
This will make your evening, day, season ❤️🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCs...
Montreal Review of Books Fall 2025 Launch
YouTube video by AELAQ
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Watching Stephanie Bolster read—live—from her brilliant latest book, Long Exposure...
This will make your evening, day, season ❤️🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCs...
This will make your evening, day, season ❤️🔥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmCs...
My chap «propersitions» was reviewed by mRb!
«visas, borders, permissions, refusals, evictions, and the empty space left by a chipped tooth. They track how borders attempt to mediate our ability to understand ourselves»
Much gratitude to reviewer Paisley Conrad, the mRb team, & Cactus Press 💚
«visas, borders, permissions, refusals, evictions, and the empty space left by a chipped tooth. They track how borders attempt to mediate our ability to understand ourselves»
Much gratitude to reviewer Paisley Conrad, the mRb team, & Cactus Press 💚
propersitions • Montreal Review of Books
The poems move like a mind caught between thresholds.
mtlreviewofbooks.ca
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My chap «propersitions» was reviewed by mRb!
«visas, borders, permissions, refusals, evictions, and the empty space left by a chipped tooth. They track how borders attempt to mediate our ability to understand ourselves»
Much gratitude to reviewer Paisley Conrad, the mRb team, & Cactus Press 💚
«visas, borders, permissions, refusals, evictions, and the empty space left by a chipped tooth. They track how borders attempt to mediate our ability to understand ourselves»
Much gratitude to reviewer Paisley Conrad, the mRb team, & Cactus Press 💚
Reposted by Carlos A. Pittella
Since @hanvanderhart.bsky.social suggested the dad, I’ll shoutout Franz, the son ☺️:
“and I am the rain
and the others all
around you, and the loneliness you love”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47565/...
“and I am the rain
and the others all
around you, and the loneliness you love”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47565/...
To Myself
I’m the interminable fields you can’t see, the little lights off in the distance (in one of those rooms we are living) and I am the rain and the others all around you, and the loneliness you love, and...
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Since @hanvanderhart.bsky.social suggested the dad, I’ll shoutout Franz, the son ☺️:
“and I am the rain
and the others all
around you, and the loneliness you love”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47565/...
“and I am the rain
and the others all
around you, and the loneliness you love”
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47565/...