jj rowan (they/them)
@jayjayrowan.bsky.social
“poet” or whatever
new england treehouse dancer
complete fool
jayjayrowan.substack.com
new england treehouse dancer
complete fool
jayjayrowan.substack.com
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Historically and still today, most great literature is self-published (“vanity”) or published by someone’s friend or a small press. You shouldn’t limit your reading to large presses b/c that’s not where stuff really “happens.”
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Historically and still today, most great literature is self-published (“vanity”) or published by someone’s friend or a small press. You shouldn’t limit your reading to large presses b/c that’s not where stuff really “happens.”
not sure I have too many NH contacts here, but if you’re near the Lakes Region and want to be in poetry community, I hope you’ll join me 2nd Fridays in Laconia starting September 12!
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
not sure I have too many NH contacts here, but if you’re near the Lakes Region and want to be in poetry community, I hope you’ll join me 2nd Fridays in Laconia starting September 12!
😭
#SealeyChallenge 2/31
a simple verb by jj rowan
@jayjayrowan.bsky.social @bloofbooks.bsky.social
a much needed reread ❤
a simple verb by jj rowan
@jayjayrowan.bsky.social @bloofbooks.bsky.social
a much needed reread ❤
August 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Incredible news out of New Hampshire tonight: we pushed the Republican governor (who faces re-election every 2 years) to veto a book ban AND an anti-trans bathroom ban 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I needed this good news today.
I needed this good news today.
Gov. Ayotte vetoes book removal bill, bathroom ban bill, more Republican legislation
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed seven New Hampshire bills, many intended to strengthen parental rights, bucking conservative wing of her party.
www.seacoastonline.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Incredible news out of New Hampshire tonight: we pushed the Republican governor (who faces re-election every 2 years) to veto a book ban AND an anti-trans bathroom ban 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I needed this good news today.
I needed this good news today.
ok but is there a better feeling than asking your public library to order a book and then getting to be the first person to borrow it?
June 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ok but is there a better feeling than asking your public library to order a book and then getting to be the first person to borrow it?
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i don't think most cis people know what it's like for every fun or happy or meaningful moment you experience to be overshadowed by some tragedy affecting your fundamental personhood in some way within 48 hours on either side of it
June 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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feeling more and more like it’s not that i’m done working on a poem, but the poem is done working on me. and then it can leave me, and live
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
feeling more and more like it’s not that i’m done working on a poem, but the poem is done working on me. and then it can leave me, and live
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Alice Notley got it. She GOT it.
May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Alice Notley got it. She GOT it.
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A favourite poem by Alice Notley.
May 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A favourite poem by Alice Notley.
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Alice Notley passed away yesterday evening in Paris. She said a few years ago, “What can we learn from the fact that we don’t die?” I’m heartbroken, & heartbroken for everyone who knew & loved her, her work.
May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Alice Notley passed away yesterday evening in Paris. She said a few years ago, “What can we learn from the fact that we don’t die?” I’m heartbroken, & heartbroken for everyone who knew & loved her, her work.
oh Alice 💔 the first poet to take me deep into words. rest easy & boundless thank you.
Alice Notley passed away Monday night in Paris, where I'm writing from. This will come as a shock to many, but she was battling a number of maladies in recent months, and things had gotten difficult rapidly. Her work is out there. Please feel free to spread the word.
May 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh Alice 💔 the first poet to take me deep into words. rest easy & boundless thank you.
the new ANMLY is stellar
ANMLY #40 is here! We’re thrilled to share new translations, fiction, poetry, CNF, with a folio on queer epistolaries!
>>> anmly.org/ap40
And we're open for new work until August 1 & a call for Autistic Protest Poetry running till July 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
>>> anmly.org/ap40
And we're open for new work until August 1 & a call for Autistic Protest Poetry running till July 1
>>> anmly.submittable.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
the new ANMLY is stellar
favorite poems/books/essays/etc about mothers/being mothered/mothering? especially the complex ones.
(sunday is a rough day for me so i’m gonna do a big reading & writing day to just be in it, in case you wanna join me)
(sunday is a rough day for me so i’m gonna do a big reading & writing day to just be in it, in case you wanna join me)
May 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
favorite poems/books/essays/etc about mothers/being mothered/mothering? especially the complex ones.
(sunday is a rough day for me so i’m gonna do a big reading & writing day to just be in it, in case you wanna join me)
(sunday is a rough day for me so i’m gonna do a big reading & writing day to just be in it, in case you wanna join me)
broke the 100 sonnet barrier w/ @airbudhockey.bsky.social during NaPo this year - this one’s up at Bloof for a bit!
in the “radical amazement” line, this action
would be the last thing we could see in real time
but we’re stuck in the “blunt dissociation” line
with too many panes of glass between we & bee
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social with @airbudhockey.bsky.social
#NaPoWriMo #Poem
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would be the last thing we could see in real time
but we’re stuck in the “blunt dissociation” line
with too many panes of glass between we & bee
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social with @airbudhockey.bsky.social
#NaPoWriMo #Poem
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cv written in collaboration with Nate Logan the bee in my bonnet wants to tell you the story of waking up in the firework skythe literal flash and vanish of colorwhat’s worth celebrating in mmxxv a…
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April 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
broke the 100 sonnet barrier w/ @airbudhockey.bsky.social during NaPo this year - this one’s up at Bloof for a bit!
back at my lil newsletter
here's to a few years
some grief & a celebration
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April 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
back at my lil newsletter
hey NH, i’ll be here tomorrow w/ some poemzines and other little weirds
ZINES
April 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
hey NH, i’ll be here tomorrow w/ some poemzines and other little weirds
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Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
Autistic people’s rights are being threatened. Our worth is being questioned. And suddenly, we’re facing a bizarre accusation that an…
medium.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details: medium.com/anomalyblog/...
stellar mail day thanks to @thedaybooks.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
stellar mail day thanks to @thedaybooks.bsky.social
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Luna Moth Zine Fest is this Saturday at 11 in Salem NH! Tell your friends!! See you there!
April 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Luna Moth Zine Fest is this Saturday at 11 in Salem NH! Tell your friends!! See you there!
lots of drafts up at the Bloof blog
i squeezed into the corner of the coffee shop
i attended the church of awe, unafraid
i was a tough kid but no one knew that about me
i expected to be afraid in the dark
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social
#NaPoWriMo #AprilPoem
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i attended the church of awe, unafraid
i was a tough kid but no one knew that about me
i expected to be afraid in the dark
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social
#NaPoWriMo #AprilPoem
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i arrived in the banner town06.01.2017-06.15.2017 i squeezed into the corner of the coffee shopi attended the church of awe, unafraidi was a tough kid but no one knew that about mei expected to be …
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April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
lots of drafts up at the Bloof blog
already up to our nonsense
it’s another night, deep night, it’s a mountain
of a night & you’re listening to what takes form
in the catching reflection, the low studio light
making you bonus.
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social #NaPoWriMo day 1
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of a night & you’re listening to what takes form
in the catching reflection, the low studio light
making you bonus.
— @jayjayrowan.bsky.social #NaPoWriMo day 1
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when the page buckles ahead of the thought09.15.2019-09.30.2019 it’s another night, deep night, it’s a mountain of a night & you’re listening to what takes formin the catching reflection, the l…
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April 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
already up to our nonsense
happy poetry month, fools
April 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
happy poetry month, fools
i’ll be drafting & flailing all month at the @bloofbooks.bsky.social blog, always in good company. poemjoy incoming!
Tomorrow is April 1. You know what that means.
Who’s in?
Stop by the Bloof blog to see what we are slinging, every day in April.
See @maureenthorson.bsky.social ‘s website at napowrimo.net for the history of this Unofficial, Unsponsored, and Noncommercial poetry game.
#NaPoWriMo
Who’s in?
Stop by the Bloof blog to see what we are slinging, every day in April.
See @maureenthorson.bsky.social ‘s website at napowrimo.net for the history of this Unofficial, Unsponsored, and Noncommercial poetry game.
#NaPoWriMo
March 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
i’ll be drafting & flailing all month at the @bloofbooks.bsky.social blog, always in good company. poemjoy incoming!
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Not going to AWP? Going to AWP, but feeling burned out? Avoiding an ex, shitty classmate, or rival??? We've got you with four virtual events, starting TONIGHT! All events start at 6:30pm EST.
Email or DM me for the Zoom links!
Email or DM me for the Zoom links!
March 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not going to AWP? Going to AWP, but feeling burned out? Avoiding an ex, shitty classmate, or rival??? We've got you with four virtual events, starting TONIGHT! All events start at 6:30pm EST.
Email or DM me for the Zoom links!
Email or DM me for the Zoom links!