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)
ALT pfp: buzzcut, polkadot, broken smile
ALT banner: blueskyed Shiva humming
How this poem folds upon itself, trapping us inside... Damn! ❤️🔥
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How this poem folds upon itself, trapping us inside... Damn! ❤️🔥
How 'bout "Rücksichtsloseauffrischendefrustration"?
...though that's only 1 umlaut, sadly 😅
...though that's only 1 umlaut, sadly 😅
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
How 'bout "Rücksichtsloseauffrischendefrustration"?
...though that's only 1 umlaut, sadly 😅
...though that's only 1 umlaut, sadly 😅
"I sent this official concept to my database.
I mean I posted on my vlog."
Love so much what language is doing here, bordercrossing back & forth btw the mundane & the bureaucratic ❤️🔥
I mean I posted on my vlog."
Love so much what language is doing here, bordercrossing back & forth btw the mundane & the bureaucratic ❤️🔥
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"I sent this official concept to my database.
I mean I posted on my vlog."
Love so much what language is doing here, bordercrossing back & forth btw the mundane & the bureaucratic ❤️🔥
I mean I posted on my vlog."
Love so much what language is doing here, bordercrossing back & forth btw the mundane & the bureaucratic ❤️🔥
I'm also seeing those fences as books, covers as borders, which you can open—suddenly in another world...
January 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I'm also seeing those fences as books, covers as borders, which you can open—suddenly in another world...
Love it—especially those gaps ☺️
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Love it—especially those gaps ☺️
Thank you, Jenny!
Life in Leth should come to a routine soon (or soonish?, definitely by March!), so a meeting in Calgary is in order! :)
Life in Leth should come to a routine soon (or soonish?, definitely by March!), so a meeting in Calgary is in order! :)
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Thank you, Jenny!
Life in Leth should come to a routine soon (or soonish?, definitely by March!), so a meeting in Calgary is in order! :)
Life in Leth should come to a routine soon (or soonish?, definitely by March!), so a meeting in Calgary is in order! :)
My old FIAT Uno was more reliable too. The best thing about that post is that it wasn’t even meant as irony lol
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My old FIAT Uno was more reliable too. The best thing about that post is that it wasn’t even meant as irony lol
I love that orange cover 🧡
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I love that orange cover 🧡
Thank you for responding!
Wild to think that, when considering covers for "propersitions," I dreamt with dislocated chairs... & now stumbled upon your book 😲
Love this synergy 💙
Wild to think that, when considering covers for "propersitions," I dreamt with dislocated chairs... & now stumbled upon your book 😲
Love this synergy 💙
December 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thank you for responding!
Wild to think that, when considering covers for "propersitions," I dreamt with dislocated chairs... & now stumbled upon your book 😲
Love this synergy 💙
Wild to think that, when considering covers for "propersitions," I dreamt with dislocated chairs... & now stumbled upon your book 😲
Love this synergy 💙
It seems we have a shared love for dislocated prepositions—or at least for mis-sitting on chairs on behalf of poetry :)
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/prop...
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/prop...
propersitions • Montreal Review of Books
The poems move like a mind caught between thresholds.
mtlreviewofbooks.ca
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It seems we have a shared love for dislocated prepositions—or at least for mis-sitting on chairs on behalf of poetry :)
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/prop...
mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/prop...