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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · 8d

Four favorites from September:

• On the Beach (Kramer, 1959)
• Elmer Gantry (Brooks, 1960)
• Emperor of the North (Aldrich, 1973)
• Dr. T & the Women (Altman, 2000)

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Bonanni Comma John @bananascallops.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you to @kevinbertolero.bsky.social for including 2 of my poems digging into ACTUP history in this incrediblly queer lit mag @andchangepoetry.bsky.social

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Sep 1

Not familiar with the stories, but the movie is WILD

Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Sep 1

Four favorites from August:

• LAST SUMMER (Perry, 1969)
• MOMMIE DEAREST (Perry, 1981)
• O.C. AND STIGGS (Altman, 1985)
• AFTER LUCIA (Franco, 2012)

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& Change @andchangepoetry.bsky.social · Aug 25

Issue No. 10 of & Change is now available for preorder! Get your copy here: www.andchangepoetry.com/issues/p/no-10

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& Change @andchangepoetry.bsky.social · Aug 19

Issue 10 is on the way! Full cover reveal coming soon 👀

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Aaron Lelito @aaronlelito.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks for series editors @tomsnarsky.bsky.social & Gabrielle Grace Hogan and Ghost City publisher @kevinbertolero.bsky.social for putting out so much awesome work this summer. Glad to be a part of it!

Ghost City Press @ghostcitypress.bsky.social · Jul 8

SECRET MEETINGS by Aaron Lelito (@aaronlelito.bsky.social‬) is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Jul 1

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Jun 14

Honored to have my career-spanning essay on Ron Schreiber—undoubtedly my favorite poet—included in the newest issue of spoKe! Thank you to Mark Pawlak for asking me to be a part of this festschrift for Ron and to Kevin Gallagher for putting together this beautiful issue.

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Jun 4

Feel very fortunate to have met Edmund White back in 2018, he was so kind. His books mean a great deal to me.

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Jun 3

I've already sent out a few ARCs but if anybody else is interested in reviewing the new collection hmu

Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...

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& Change @andchangepoetry.bsky.social · May 30

The first is what is hopefully a long line of chapbooks and full-length collections!!

Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

I will have advance copies for sale at @kpondwriters.bsky.social in June!!!

Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

Thank youuuu ❤️🙏🏼

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to announce that my new collection of poems, IN PASSING, is now available for preorder! Coming 7.25.25
www.andchangepoetry.com/books/p/in-p...

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · May 27

My new author photos!

📸 Cole Phillips

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · Apr 27

so happy to get the new @andchangepoetry.bsky.social in the mail, featuring two new poems by me! sharing one here <3, sam

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Illiac Passion (1967) dir. Gregory J. Markopoulos

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Apr 12

Some context brooklynrail.org/2018/05/film...

The Sacred Wood: Nathaniel Dorsky's Arboretum Cycle | The Brooklyn Rail

Strange as it sounds, I sometimes think that Nathaniel Dorsky’s films are never clearer than when they slide out of focus. Dorsky often remarks that his films work best when the viewer isn’t trying to...

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Apr 12

Rare 16mm screening!! Get your tickets ASAP!!

space538.org/event/nathan...

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · Apr 11

Got two poems in @andchangepoetry.bsky.social!!!!! Issues cost $3.
-sam

& Change @andchangepoetry.bsky.social · Apr 10

ISSUE NO. 9 of & CHANGE is now available for pre-order!! Featuring incredible new poems by Troy Cabida, Luís Costa, Samuel Ernest, Hunter Hodkinson, Jason Lingard, Antment Pimentel Mendoza, Mu Cao (trans. Hongwei Bao), Miguel Murphy, and James J. Siegel!!

www.andchangepoetry.com/issues/p/no-9

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& Change @andchangepoetry.bsky.social · Apr 10

ISSUE NO. 9 of & CHANGE is now available for pre-order!! Featuring incredible new poems by Troy Cabida, Luís Costa, Samuel Ernest, Hunter Hodkinson, Jason Lingard, Antment Pimentel Mendoza, Mu Cao (trans. Hongwei Bao), Miguel Murphy, and James J. Siegel!!

www.andchangepoetry.com/issues/p/no-9

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Mar 30

wait Stan Brakhage was so cuteee

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Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Mar 26

status update

Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero.bsky.social · Mar 13