Kevin Bertolero @kevinbertolero Twitter profile

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Kevin Bertolero

2 months

Thank you so much to everybody who filled out this survey! We ended up with 683 form submissions and a final ranked list which represents 732 films total. That’s one hell of a watchlist! See the FINAL RESULTS here:

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 months

WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 2020s (so far)?? Fill out this survey which will remain open until 11:59pm EST Friday June 14. Please RT and share so we can get a decent sample size! Open to anybody who is interested. Submit your list here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

So now I have an MFA 🤠

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3 years

My mom’s cousin has Covid and she’s posting the craziest shit on Facebook rn, I just need somebody else to see this.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

If y’all want some free gay poetry chapbooks from the 70s, I’ve got you covered 😎

Good Gay Poets (PDF LINKS)

Good Gay Poets Press: Ballard, Nancer. Dead Reckoning (1978) Borawski, Walta. Sexually Dangerous Poet (1984) Byrd, Stephanie. 25 Years of Malcontent (1976) Dickenson, George-Thérèse. Striations...

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 months

WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 2020s (so far)?? Fill out this survey which will remain open until 11:59pm EST Friday June 14. Please RT and share so we can get a decent sample size! Open to anybody who is interested. Submit your list here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

@chuckaroo42 @CalHollow @ewarren She literally has a plan for that. Look at her policies.

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@clloyd9 I’ve been told by these men that “it’s gay to only wear a bathing suit”

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

I have a new chapbook out today with @BottlecapPress !! It took me a few years to write LOVE POEMS but I’m really proud of this collection and hope you’ll read it and enjoy it! You can purchase a copy here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

We’ve lost far too many writers/friends this year. This is why I started Ghost City. This is why I publish the poems my friends write. This is one way I have of showing them how much I love them. Will and Kristie, I love you and miss you.

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6 years

I didn’t think it was possible, but @sarahkendzior has actually made me interested in economics! This book is FANTASTIC and perfectly sums up what the future of this country needs to look like 🙏🏼

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Kevin Bertolero

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1 year

@whylikemen

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1 year

@FilmUpdates

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@kevinbertolero

2 years

The way that Sal Mineo touches James Dean in this screen test for Rebel Without a Cause 🥵

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

I’m not feeling suicidal or anything but oh boy I am just so fucking tired of existing right now. I need a month-long nap I think. Need to avoid all boys and just be alone. Idk. I hate this.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

I am very excited to officially announce that my nonfiction manuscript has been picked up by by Another New Calligraphy ( @ANCalligraphy ) for publication sometime next year!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

I’m so excited to announce that my new book FOREVER IN TRANSITION will be coming out with @ANCalligraphy on Oct. 22nd!! Thank you so much to Bill Ripley for this incredible cover art 💙

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

7 years

I'm loving the size of my @PenguinClassics stack, but I think it needs to be taller. I must buy more books.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

I just wanna say, I think there should be MORE sex in movies. Especially gay sex. And middle-aged women. Some of y'all are scary with your puritanical values. Like get the fuck out of here with that, nobody like you, that's why you're not getting laid loser!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Honestly ready to give up Ghost City. Can people stop being shitty for two fucking seconds?? I worry about running this Summer Series every year because something always comes up with somebody being cancelled and it’s just more work than it’s worth. I’m just so tired of this shit

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

6 years

So I wrote a poem for a boy I have a crush on, and then Morgan Parker read it and it was longlisted for the @peachmgzn Gold prize, and now you can read it. Happy PRIDE y’all!! 🏳️‍🌈

Kevin Bertolero | Peach Mag

www.peachmgzn.com

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5 years

Movies I’m looking forward to in 2020

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3 years

@AltonMaine @FutureOscarSnub @NathanF2049 @bexjuIes And I’m just sitting there in the theater like

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 months

Wrote new poems this weekend for the first time in ??? and boy does it feel good

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@kevinbertolero

5 years

@ira @FilmnSports21

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@kevinbertolero

3 years

I just quit my job lol

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

How about y’all start sending some poems to @AutoZoneee Submission guidelines here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

27 now and I’m realizing I still have no idea what I want to do with my life besides write and make/consume art. I want to read all the books and watch all the movies and visit all the museums… I suppose a more appropriate question is actually how will I make money. Ugh.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

@zack69k @KhrisGraves12 Doesn’t help that Jeong’s performance is SO overbearing it becomes annoying after the first five minutes

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

adding Virgil to my list of twink poets

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Love this poem by @chenchenwrites

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

Lol just found all the books I made when I was little. Publisher for life!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

A *stunning* poem by @CPhillipsPoet from THE REST OF LOVE

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

and thus, a book was born

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

Manuscript layout round 4 🙃

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

Never thought this day would come. I am SO READY 🙌🏼 #BonesAndAll

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

Okay nvmd. I’m starting 2022 out right—taking a week off work and booked a cabin in Vermont for my MFA residency 🙌🏼

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

2021 just keeps fucking getting worse and worse my god

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Finally some good news 😎

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

Arseni Khachaturan absolutely deserves an Oscar nomination for his photography in #BonesAndAll . This movie is BEAUTIFUL.

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

Never thought this day would come. I am SO READY 🙌🏼 #BonesAndAll

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

The new issue of @OlneyMagazine is out now and I have a poem in it! So grateful to be published alongside @ColeFillups , @_andrewhahn , @_rayehendrix , @neonpajamas , and @clem_flowers (among so many others)

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

@toonhound @Andrew_Bol @brianchaley That’s debatable

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Four poetry collections I’m really looking forward to this year! What else should be on my radar?

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Kevin Bertolero

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6 years

Honestly, 2017 was so good to us

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

Love this @ostrowk poem @chenchenwrites shared during his lecture this morning @KPondWriters

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

This fruity little book by @samforbreakfast made me feel both horny and sad. I loved it 😊🍑🍇

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

8 months

@isaacfeldberg Oz Perkins is back???

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@kevinbertolero

4 years

Frank Bidart

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

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Love this one @WilliamWButler @fourteenpoems

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@jbouie

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Thesis: approved ✅ Final papers: submitted ✅ Student grades: submitted ✅ Library books: returned ✅ Office keys: returned ✅ I AM DONE WITH MY MASTERS!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

Finally unpacked all the books 🥵

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

6 years

@FilmStruck @Criterion I will pay literally anything you want if you start your own streaming service 🙏🏼

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

7 years

More work needs to be published by LGBT and queer writers. Let's build a new canon.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

@briteslut Experienced this beauty in NH a couple years ago

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Just added the long out-of-print CEREMONIES by Essex Hemphill

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

If y’all want some free gay poetry chapbooks from the 70s, I’ve got you covered 😎

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

Maybe best line reading of all time?

Pumpkinfredhead

@pumpkinfredhead

3 years

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

11 months

Friends! The new issue is here and I’m so proud of how well it turned out! Only $3.00 per copy (includes shipping)! Buy one for yourself, buy copies for your friends!

& Change

@andchangepoetry

11 months

They’re here!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Honestly been writing some really awesome poems these past couple weeks, and let me tell ya, if these ever get placed in journals, it’s over for y’all!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Okay wow I really really love this book by @baby__actual

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

It’s weird not having anything published for *MONTHS* & now I have an interview with @FeversOf out last week, a poem with @olicketysplit later this week, an essay with @MalasanaMag next week, a poem is the new issue of @OlneyMagazine & my book coming out soon with @ANCalligraphy

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2 years

@Variety

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@kevinbertolero

4 years

Happy pride I love my new poster

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

This is a project that I’ve been trying to start for a couple years now. I wanted to create a print anthology, but this will be more inclusive and accessible. I can’t wait to see what y’all submit!! 🏳️‍🌈

Ghost City Press

@GhostCityPress

5 years

We are so excited to announce the launch of our new project, MY LOVES: A DIGITAL ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER LOVE POEMS. The submission guidelines are now up on our website. Open to all LGBTQ+ identifying writers!! Official launch date TBD.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

I’ve decided to start a new film blog for the pandemic, primarily with the goal of sharing movie recommendations! Every contributor will be selecting 10 movies they think are underrated or under-seen and some will be making themed lists! Hmu if you’re interested in contributing!

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@kevinbertolero

5 years

I can’t wait for winter so I can hide inside, stay in bed, not talk to people, and watch movies when it gets dark at 4:00pm

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

@bexjuIes The title card and opening credits to Vox Lux have stuck with me since I saw it

Vox Lux (2018) - Opening Credits Scene [HD] | Spotlight

After a violent shooting, the opening credits to Vox Lux are set over a motorcade of emergency vehicles as they rush Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) to the hospital...

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Such a beautiful little book 💜

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 months

Very excited to have six of my poems included in this anthology alongside @dogwithoutlegs @deafwoof @carriganak and so many others! I’ll share some of the poems on here soon

Alex Carrigan

@carriganak

4 months

Got my contributor copies of the Oh Yeah Bear poetry anthology from Bearskin Lodge Press. This cover definitely makes me want to read these poems from queer poets who identify as Bears.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

@NPHlvr @Variety When Aaron tells him to tone it down I was like jesus christ yessss please TONE IT DOWN. Eichner was so annoying and preachy

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

I’m putting together the Fall/Winter release schedule for Ghost City rn and I’m SO EXCITED for y’all to read these collections by @gabrielleghogan @giac__ @rathgod @MikeAndrelczyk and @masterofmusix because it’s honestly the strongest batch of books we’ve ever picked up

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

I’m so excited to be starting this new journal, the first issue features work by friends and people I’ve admired for a long time. Can’t wait to share it with everybody!! If you’re interested, give us a follow 📬🏳️‍🌈

& Change

@andchangepoetry

2 years

10 poets. 20 poems. We’ve got an incredible first issue coming your way next month. Get ready.

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@kevinbertolero

5 years

@awards_watch If it leads to a best picture win, then so be it

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

9 months

Can’t wait for my Blu-ray copy of Saltburn so I can do a frame-by-frame analysis of the final dance sequence

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

COVID shot #2 ✅

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

I really want to put together an anthology of contemporary LGBTQ+ poets, but I’m not sure how to go about it... feels like too much politics involved and people would end up mad. Am I overthinking this? Anybody want to co-edit with me?

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

yes yes yes the end is near 💉

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Me and the boys once this pandemic is over 💅🏼

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

I’m looking for book recommendations about nature writing. Just starting to build a creative writing course for this summer, so anything is helpful at this point!! 🌿🌾🌱

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

@imjustinrandall Here’s a list I made.

Film list: LGBT Films

They're mostly gay, but whatever

letterboxd.com

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

This means so much to me, but I’m not the only one who needs to be thanked. I hope everybody understands how much time and effort it takes to run something like Ghost City, or Peach Mag, or even Rhythm & Bones. We all need to be a little kinder to one another.

rachelle toarmino

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4 years

love and support to @KevinBertolero . i know firsthand how hard he works to bring the summer series to all of you. he's a dream to work with, tries his best to run his press ethically and with care, and uplifts more emerging writers than literally any other press.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

3 years

thinking about Soviet bus stops today

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

The new issue of @fourteenpoems arrived yesterday and I’m so happy to have my poem “From Cinnabar Basin” included amongst so many other incredible poems!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 months

Very excited to have a new poem up today @wonder_press ! Check it out here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

6 years

It’s that time of year again!! Send us your micro-chaps!!

Ghost City Press

@GhostCityPress

6 years

We are now accepting submissions for the 2019 Summer Micro-Chap Series!! You have 28 days!! Send your words to ghostcitypress @gmail .com!! More details here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Anybody feel like moving to Mass with me? $2000/mo for this sweet house that’s got a spiral staircase!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

6 years

Favorite first watches, January 2019: - Eastern Boys (2013) dir. Robin Campillo - A Fantastic Woman (2017) dir. Sebastián Lelio - In the Mood for Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar-wai - The White Ribbon (2009) dir. Michael Haneke

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

2 years

At long last! I have finally acquired and digitized Adrian Stanford’s chapbook BLACK AND QUEER, published by Good Gay Poets Press in 1977. Took me a long time to track this one down, but this finally completes the GGP catalog! All of them are free to download at the link below!!

Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

If y’all want some free gay poetry chapbooks from the 70s, I’ve got you covered 😎

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

6 years

I am VERY excited to announce that I've accepted a position in the PhD Literature program at the University of New Hampshire!!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

7 months

Truly overjoyed to have new poems forthcoming in @HangingLooseNY , @wonder_press , @impossiblearch , Stone Canoe, @CortlandReview , and The Comstock Review... this is the most I've ever had at one time!

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

My closest relationship? Has to be this girl right here, we’ve been through so much together 😌

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

1 year

qrt with stills from your Letterboxd top 4

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qrt with stills from your letterboxd top 4

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 months

Thanks so much to @impossiblearch for publishing this poem of mine about a little house we rented on Lake George

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

5 years

I honestly can’t believe this is year 4 of the Summer Series. Thank you so much to @melted_cloud , @theyarenotaboy , @cetaylorplfd , @Paige_Melin , @BottlecapPress , and all of the writers and artists each year who make this possible. It truly is a labor of love 💕

Ghost City Press

@GhostCityPress

5 years

Are you ready for summer? Subscribe here:

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

Have written 29 pages of new poems this month, and this is far more than I’ve ever written in this short a period... kinda scared I’m gonna be drained soon and not write another poem for like a year.

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Kevin Bertolero

@kevinbertolero

4 years

I go months without hearing back from any of the jobs that I apply to, and then I get four calls in two days

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