Carlos A. Pittella
@pittella.bsky.social
latinx poet haunted by borders ⦁ he/him ⦁ researcher @assistedlab.bsky.social linktr.ee/carlosapittella Dante's Bureau (Anstruther, '26) propersitions (Cactus, '25) ALT pfp: buzzcut, polkadot, broken smile ALT banner: blueskyed Shiva humming
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Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · last mo.Metro NY Library Council's Cross-Reference Coalition — an experimental school connecting librarians, archivists, grad students, artists, designers — is accepting applications for our fall class exploring PUBLIC STUDY: alternative/radical/progressive schools, lrng communities... crc.metro.org/apply/
Family Court — sparrows build a nest in the "o"
how to deconstruct edutainment, that tempting televangelist
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 5d agoTWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
Obviously not haiku or senryu, just 5-7-5 comic verse: fab, grotty, and naff each counterculture movement Tiffanys breakfast
Irresistible. The marriage of poets & lexicographers is my sweet spot. oh, shark repellent you earth-sheltered megahit sweet warp speed yuzu [year redacted; I grew up fearing acid rain] Wanna play? 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. Link below.
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 5d agoTWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
bunker bust that banh mi supercell's effed up, air fryer heat dome's drag-n-drop [1985]
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 5d agoTWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
TWEAKING THE ASSIGNMENT: 😇 👉 Write a 5-7-5 haiku with 3+ words from your birth year — at least 1 per line. [1983] Defunct CD-ROMs... Funny to be WAN of them —cyberpunk Jedi www.merriam-webster.com/time-travele...
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
"Had a bunch of debt that went to collections like parking tickets and a couple pulled teeth and there’s this whole insurance claim I didn’t square from a car accident where so the way it went down was..." killer long single sentence from Max Steiner! https://www.havehashad.com/ixuzk
A Credit Score Is Just 3 Numbers by Max Steiner
Had a bunch of debt that went to collections like parking tickets and a couple pulled teeth and there’s this whole insurance claim I didn’t square from a car accident where so the way it went down was…
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Honoured to write for @assistedlab.bsky.social about poet Daniele Pieroni’s spiritual testament. Pieroni’s prose poem known as “Trascolorare” became entangled with the ongoing assisted-dying debate in Italy.
Assisted Lab@assistedlab.bsky.social · 2w agoNew in the archive: Daniele Pieroni's 'Trascolorare' — the Tuscan poet's meditation on death written before his assisted death in May 2025. This poetical testament became entangled with the legal battles for assisted dying in Italy👇 By @pittella.bsky.social assistedlab.ch/textual/tras...
The only other poem about #JeanCharles I know of is this piece by Robin Durnford, from her fabulous 2012 collection "A Lovely Gutting". [karmic fact] Robin & I ended up sharing an office at John Abbott & somehow realized we both had written poems about Jean Charles ❤️🔥
Every July 22, thinking of #JeanCharles ❤️🔥, a Brazilian immigrant "wrongly" killed by the Met in 2005. (where you read "wrongly", insert "racially/xenophobically") I wrote a poem in memoriam Jean Charles, recreating the moments leading to his killing & questioning the right to represent his death.
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 2y agoOn this July 22nd, thinking of #JeanCharles ❤️🔥 "The death of Jean Charles de Menezes" is a poem in his memory. It was selected by my hero @ariamisha.bsky.social for publication with Frontier last year. It is now part of the chapbook "footnotes after Lorca," published by @robmclennan.bsky.social 🌻
PRAx, Spring Creek Project, and Terrain.org invite poets to create original poems in response to a selection of polar science papers. Submissions close August 26. https://www.terrain.org/2026/news/poetry-polar-science-2026/ #poetry #science #polarscience #submit #submissions
Announcing the Poetry & Polar Science Project: Submissions Close August 26 - Terrain.org
PRAx, Spring Creek Project, and Terrain.org invite poets to create original poems in response to a selection of polar science papers.
terrain.org
« Linear at first, Florencia’s thread was spun over the course of one hour, as she kept adding posts every few minutes. Yet, it also grew like an interactive rhizome... » I wrote for @assistedlab.bsky.social about the content, form, & legal impact of Florencia Salgueiro's viral thread.
Assisted Lab@assistedlab.bsky.social · 3w agoSharing today our first entry from Uruguay, 1st Latin-American country to carry out a comprehensive euthanasia reform, written by @pittella.bsky.social Florencia Salgueiro's viral social-media thread about her father Pablo, who slowly died from ALS, became part of parliamentary records there.
« I’m tired of hearing how nuanced it all is. It’s not. They say it has everything to do with money & power, but what they want us to forget is that it is about how we love. » ❤️🔥 —Yesenia Montilla
Kyla Houbolt@luaz.bsky.social · 4w agopoets.org/poem/contemp... "They are killing us & we are all just going to the office, watching tv & ordering out."
I wrote for @assistedlab.bsky.social about the real-drama-turned-stage play of Dr. Hourmann & its legal impact. Hourmann's story was also featured in a wonderful recent episode of the podcast @radio-ambulante.bsky.social, titled 'Historia clínica' (Medical record).
Assisted Lab@assistedlab.bsky.social · last mo.New entry on Spanish play ‘Celebraré mi muerte’ by physician Marcos Hourmann. In 2005 he helped 82-yr-old Carmen die in a Spanish ER, and was fired & sued by the hospital. See @pittella.bsky.social on how this documentary play tries to reclaim his narrative agency. assistedlab.ch/performative...
« ‘It’s death by bureaucracy’… …we can’t help but feel the film is as much about dying as it is about immigration: depending on our passports, we need expensive visas – and sometimes illegal coyotes – for the final border-crossing. » My meta-review of Dreaming of Lions @assistedlab.bsky.social
Assisted Lab@assistedlab.bsky.social · last mo.New entry on the Portuguese – Brazilian – Spanish film ‘Sonhar com Leões’ by Paolo Marinou-Blanco See 👇 for a discussion by @pittella.bsky.social of its depiction of suicidal ideations, assisted dying, and border-crossings assistedlab.ch/visual/sonha...
New entry on the Portuguese – Brazilian – Spanish film ‘Sonhar com Leões’ by Paolo Marinou-Blanco See 👇 for a discussion by @pittella.bsky.social of its depiction of suicidal ideations, assisted dying, and border-crossings assistedlab.ch/visual/sonha...
Assisted Lab's Living Archive of Assisted Dying – 'Sonhar com Leões' by Paolo Marinou-Blanco
Seeking a peaceful death, Gilda and Amadeu join Joy Transition International, in a comedy that starts in Portugal and ends in Spain, where a doctor is willing to bend bureaucracies.
assistedlab.ch
"..... More people will turn back and be subjected to violence because of something they cannot or should not have to change about themselves, such as their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion."
More from Justice Sotomayor's dissent: "The consequences of today’s decision are predictable. More people will die. More people will attempt to cross the border illegally, and some will make it while others will not."
Immigration case: Trump can stop people in Mexico, and prevent them from applying for asylum, because they haven't *arrived* in the US. Alito calls the case "straightforward" but Soto's dissent explains that standing two feet into Mexico shouldn't allow Trump to deprive people of human rights.
Here is Sotomayor, in dissent, explaining the dire consequences of today's decision in Otro Lado. The government may now circumvent a vast range of laws protecting asylum-seekers by simply blocking their entry at the border. An insane loophole to open up. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Thursday night, I got to attend the final book launch stop for @mishasolomon.bsky.social’s stunning poetry collection ‘My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet’ with guest readers @pittella.bsky.social, @effervescentvoid.bsky.social, and Bret Crowle! Congratulations, Misha!!!
Tonight 🦉
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 2mo agoThrilled to celebrate @mishasolomon.bsky.social's debut collection alongside another alchemical friend, @effervescentvoid.bsky.social 🥁 If you're zooming in/near/thru Calgary/Mohkínstsis, come land in our poetry's nest❗ Jun/18 | 7PM Owl's Nest (815A 49th Ave SW) 👉 owlsnestbooks.com/events/51798...
👉 This soon = a poetry event, a launch, a reunion! See you at Owl's Nest on June 18 🦉
Carlos A. Pittella@pittella.bsky.social · 2mo agoThrilled to celebrate @mishasolomon.bsky.social's debut collection alongside another alchemical friend, @effervescentvoid.bsky.social 🥁 If you're zooming in/near/thru Calgary/Mohkínstsis, come land in our poetry's nest❗ Jun/18 | 7PM Owl's Nest (815A 49th Ave SW) 👉 owlsnestbooks.com/events/51798...
I do not struggle with the poem, but with my own attentions. —@robmclennan.bsky.social
