Jeannine M. Pitas

I reviewed Dana Delibovi's beautiful new translation of the poetry of Teresa of Avila (Monkfish 2024). bsky.app/profile/chri...

YouTube video by The Christian Century In the room at the pope’s inauguration

I was interviewed by @christiancentury.bsky.social about the experience of seeing Pope Leo's installation Mass in Rome back in May - truly the experience of a lifetime. Institutions are flawed but they still matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWhT...

How nice. The BBC has launched a paywall for US users. It's as if they're saying, "We've been offering you free access to high-quality news for years, and you've proven yourself completely undeserving." Indeed it seems we have...

A guide for resistance, from Octavia Butler and Dorothy Day What do Octavia Butler and Dorothy Day have in common? They both offer visions of radical hopein dire times.

Acclaimed science fiction writer Octavia Butler (1947-2006) predicted so much of what is happening today in her Earthseed novels. I believe she provides clues toward a way forward, and I see a link between her and two other visionaries: Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin: uscatholic.org/articles/202...

we are currently watching an entire political party run cover for the most notorious sex trafficking ring in modern human history

A new pope’s call to unity I was in the second row for Pope Leo’s installation. I am cautiously optimistic about what I...

I've written about seeing the new pope in Rome and nearly getting arrested by Vatican police! Thankfully I didn't go the way of Giordano Bruno! Thank you @jessicamesman.bsky.social for her support and editorial work! www.christiancentury.org/features/pop... @christiancentury.bsky.social

How do you do it, Lawrence? I really want to know the secret!

With my first published academic article in six years I want to bring some degree of hope in hard times. It's on Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo's "Central American Book of the Dead," translated by Dan Bellm and published by Flowersong Press in 2023. www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/14...

The United States owes King George an apology The signers of the Declaration of Independence accused the king of crimes against the people they represented. Those very crimes have become commonplace during Trump’s time in...

The principles listed in the Declaration of Independence have indeed fallen out of favor: www.christiancentury.org/features/uni...

Immigrant Duplex - Lily Poetry Review by LAUREN K. ALLEYNE from Issue 12 … Continue readingImmigrant Duplex

lilypoetryreview.blog/poetry/immig... - amazing poem by Lauren K Alleyne

Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass Calls Us All To Renewed Faith Reflection from St. Peter's Square in Rome by Jeannine M. Pitas, friend of the Dubuque Iowa Catholic Worker

a few brief thoughts on the installation Mass of #PopeLeoXIV, which I was privileged to see in person at the #Vatican this past Sunday: catholicworker.substack.com/p/pope-leo-x...

woke up at 3 a.m. to see #popeleoxiv installed in a special Mass at the Vatican yesterday. Like his predecessor, he is showing the world that Christianity remains relevant in the 21st century. In these times of fear and discord, Jesus' message of love for all people is one of few that might help us.

Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children One of the famous vehicles is being refitted as a frontline clinic on wheels, following a request by the late pontiff.

Among so many tyrants and aspiring tyrants, the world lost one of its most humane leaders. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In the Delivery Room By Jeannine Pitas Leaves know to grow each April, to fall in October; one body emerges from another…

I am unmarried with no children. I have never wanted to be a parent. But I do want a better world for everyone else's children! riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

We are the leaders we've been waiting for.

The Mistaken Place of Things by Gabriela Aguirre, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin - Latin American Literature Today “The book opens seven different windows, each with a tantalizing view allowing the reader to observe and watch the poet explore what it means to have a body.”

A new review of "The Mistaken Place of Things" by Gabriela Aguirre, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin (Eulalia Books 2024): latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/book_review/...

Poetry Crosses Borders. Saturday, May 9th, 7:00-10:00, doors open at 6:30. #poetry #reading #featuring @janinalapapita.bsky.social and me.

“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas suns as yellow as ours gleaming suns from lives like matches atrocious explosions scattering ashes like bright corollas (translations/ poetry)

"suns as yellow as ours
gleaming suns
from lives like matches..."

“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas. With art by Patty Paine.

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“The Cosmology Lesson,” a poem by Daniel Veloso, translated from the Spanish (Uruguay) by Jeannine Marie Pitas suns as yellow as ours gleaming suns from lives like matches atrocious explosions scattering ashes like bright corollas (translations/ poetry)

Poetry crosses borders. I'm delighted to share my translation of "The Cosmology Lesson" by Uruguayan writer Daniel Veloso (his first poem in English!) published in Another Chicago Magazine: anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/03/04/t...

I think we have a winner #maps

Eulalia Press Presents: Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin & Lauren Shapiro (Triple Book Launch) - City of Asylum City of Asylum celebrates new works from Eulalia Books, with translators Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin, and Lauren Shapiro.

Triple book launch on March 9 at 3p.m. - in person and online! @eulaliabooks.bsky.social, a press dedicated to publishing Latin American poetry in translation, is collaborating with @cityofasylum.bsky.social to launch 3 books from Mexico, Chile and Puerto Rico. cityofasylum.org/program/eula...

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ Some users are angry that some events have been removed.

Google has just removed Pride Month and Black History Month from the calendar app.

This comes as they obeyed Trump by changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America.”
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Don't forget: February 28 is #nospendFriday. We all need to do this to make an impact. Honestly, I don't like buying stuff anyway - I haven't had an Amazon account since 2009. I'll buy food and gas on Thursday, and the only money I'll spend is a cash donation to my contra dance group! :) #Iamin

How I dream of the day when a woman who has had 12 children by 3 different fathers is not only un-stigmatized, but invited to run the most powerful country in the world. Just sayin'...

Big oil and gas don't have a mandate. My Congresswoman Summer Lee here in western PA hasn't given up on the Earth - neither should any of us.

When a national government has been taken over by 1980's cartoon villains, we need, at the local level, millions of 1980's cartoon heroes. Go to your city or town council meetings! Find out what's happening! I went to mine last night (in Swissvale, Pennsylvania) and am so happy I did!

To my dear Canadian friends: "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum." - Margaret Atwood #buycanadian

Looking for a good read this #BlackHistoryMonth? I recommend "The Book of Negroes" by Canadian author Lawrence Hill (US title: "Someone Knows My Name"). Historical fiction based on the Black Loyalists who fought for Britain in American Revolution and founding of Sierra Leone. My students love it!