J. Robert Lennon
@jrobertlennon.com
Recent books include CRITICAL HITS (with Carmen Maria Machado), HARD GIRLS, BUZZ KILL, SUBDIVISION, LET ME THINK. Lits in English prof at a regime collaborator institution. EPOCH editor.
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Been in Spain a week and have not seen a *single* person in Philly sports gear, have never gone this long on a vacation without a Phils hat or a go Birds or, less often, an AI jersey or something
January 1, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Been in Spain a week and have not seen a *single* person in Philly sports gear, have never gone this long on a vacation without a Phils hat or a go Birds or, less often, an AI jersey or something
@midimyers.com so glad you liked Keeper! I thought it was really special and always surprising, and was just long enough
January 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
@midimyers.com so glad you liked Keeper! I thought it was really special and always surprising, and was just long enough
This is the only sense in which it absolutely ruled to be 16. I lived in fear of my mother overhearing me listening to “Dear God”
Scientists believe these great albums will all turn 40 this year
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is the only sense in which it absolutely ruled to be 16. I lived in fear of my mother overhearing me listening to “Dear God”
Hope the next president is writing this down
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Hope the next president is writing this down
My grandfather was in those trials and nearly bled to death in surgery! Just sayin
People age 70+ should not be taking aspirin at any dose for prevention. Results of randomized trials show higher risk of all-cause mortality, major bleeding events and deaths from cancer. p 153, SUPER AGERS book
January 1, 2026 at 10:41 PM
My grandfather was in those trials and nearly bled to death in surgery! Just sayin
Took some street pix with the Pentax Monochrome in Florida last week
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Took some street pix with the Pentax Monochrome in Florida last week
Seven years ago I said this was the way to do it and no one listened. Now I’m thinking ahead about taking matters into my own hands
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Seven years ago I said this was the way to do it and no one listened. Now I’m thinking ahead about taking matters into my own hands
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On point for 2026...
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
On point for 2026...
👇🏼👍🏼🥹
One of my favourite reads this year (my edition wasn't Japanese) (obv). Thanks, HNY!
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Out now from Kansai University Press, translated by my friend Haruki Lee! (thus the self-blurbing)
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Out now from Kansai University Press, translated by my friend Haruki Lee! (thus the self-blurbing)
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December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The best and only year-end list is here!
Every book I read in 2025, with commentary
My catchphrase for the year, the sentence I think I thought and said out loud most often: “I feel alienated from society.”
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December 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The best and only year-end list is here!
The most important insight I’ve had switching to Linux for the new year is that it’s much easier and more fun figuring out how to do something than it is figuring out how to make something you hate stop happening
December 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The most important insight I’ve had switching to Linux for the new year is that it’s much easier and more fun figuring out how to do something than it is figuring out how to make something you hate stop happening
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This is very odd piece. Among other things I’d just suggest if the only book you can find to praise in your jeremiad is written by a friend of yours, you should maybe rethink your premise:
thebaffler.com/salvos/ameri...
thebaffler.com/salvos/ameri...
American Gothics | Chris Lehmann
Literary elites have greeted the great crisis of the present age with little more than a collective puzzled shrug.
thebaffler.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is very odd piece. Among other things I’d just suggest if the only book you can find to praise in your jeremiad is written by a friend of yours, you should maybe rethink your premise:
thebaffler.com/salvos/ameri...
thebaffler.com/salvos/ameri...
@papapishu.bsky.social have you managed to get steam to recognize the zd o+ excellence on linux? If so, how'd you do it
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
@papapishu.bsky.social have you managed to get steam to recognize the zd o+ excellence on linux? If so, how'd you do it
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Plane that landed safely in syracuse has been zeno’s paradoxing its way towards the gate for some time now. “Ladies and gentlemen we are moving towards the gate” the attendant just announced. Only I know that we are all going to starve to death here
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Plane that landed safely in syracuse has been zeno’s paradoxing its way towards the gate for some time now. “Ladies and gentlemen we are moving towards the gate” the attendant just announced. Only I know that we are all going to starve to death here
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Kinomiya-jinja Mae Stop/ Atami
(2021)
(2021)
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Kinomiya-jinja Mae Stop/ Atami
(2021)
(2021)
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I've been waiting my whole life for this prompt
December 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've been waiting my whole life for this prompt
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I do not need to buy another camera but I am genuinely interested in this new Kodak-branded point and shoot
KODAK Snapic A1 35mm Film Camera
The KODAK Snapic A1 35mm Film Camera is a versatile full-frame film camera.
www.kodak.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I do not need to buy another camera but I am genuinely interested in this new Kodak-branded point and shoot
Well, jackaroo dayvuh! [slaps knee] Um, nothin’s gonna change MY world!
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Well, jackaroo dayvuh! [slaps knee] Um, nothin’s gonna change MY world!
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Hey look I wrote about birds
Day 3 of our gathering brings @tmcallister.bsky.social, @feed-me-poetry.bsky.social, @sidsibo.bsky.social, Kathleen Hellen, @philippabowe.bsky.social, Kathryn Edie, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Michael Colonnese, David Capps, & @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hey look I wrote about birds
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Please enjoy this random 1997 photo of Roger & Chaz Ebert and Donald & Abby Westlake singing karaoke on a cruise ship
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Please enjoy this random 1997 photo of Roger & Chaz Ebert and Donald & Abby Westlake singing karaoke on a cruise ship
4yo complemented the omelette I made with “John, they would NEVER serve this food in jail, it’s TOO GOOD”
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
4yo complemented the omelette I made with “John, they would NEVER serve this food in jail, it’s TOO GOOD”
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