C. Jean Downer
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C. Jean Downer
@cjeandowner.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈Poet and novelist of sapphic stories with diverse characters because we all deserve to escape into the pages of a book and find our truths.

https://www.cjeandowner.com/

Author with @bellabooks.bsky.soci
I finished reading Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal #14 this morning. It is a sensory delight! Congratulations to all the poets. Many thanks to Editor Steliana Voicu for including my piece and translating it into Romanian.

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#haiku
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Great deal!
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I finished savouring #FemkuMag issue 40 this morning.
It is splended! My sincere gratitude to Editor Rowan Beckett Minor and Co-editor Kelly Sargent for including three of my pieces. Congratulations to all the poets.
#FemkuMag #haiku #senryu #haibun #cherita #shortformpoetry #poetry
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Sometimes you have to go home to find the love you never really left behind.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
👏👏👏❤️
🔥 RAVE REVIEW ALERT 🔥
🔨 GOLD FOR THE DEAD by @Ann_Aptaker.
🏳️‍🌈 Queer noir, vibrating tension & Cantor Gold at her best.
🔪 Found family, shifting loyalties, danger in every alley.
📚 Read the full review here: https://loom.ly/1noOyog

#SapphicNoir #SapphicBookSky #BookSky #CrimeFiction
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
FINAL week for #swag4gcls fundraiser! $5, $10, or any amount will help @goldencrownls.bsky.social continue to support sapphic fiction and ensure diverse books are on our shelves.
Your support is helping me wrap up final edits of the third Sloane West Mystery!
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Celebrating Fall with some of our favorite Boston based titles.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Sometimes you have to go home to find the love you never really left behind.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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🏳️‍🌈📚 Hope isn't lost—it’s just seriously pissed off. 😡
👀 Reclamation arrives December 9th.
🔥 You don't want to miss this one.
⏳ Preorder it today—everywhere dangerous queer books are sold.

#SapphicBookSky #QueerDystopia #RomanticThriller #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit @kristen_zimmer_author
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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📽️ Their family secret is no longer a secret. #film #India #sapphic #family #baby #lesbian #movie #USA #screenplay #IVF #parents #romcom. Now available worldwide on Tubi: tinyurl.com/5fehc7pb & other streaming services. Trailer: tinyurl.com/37kz3rew
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In these times, I find comfort in my books. THE reason I had to unpack so many of them despite our realtor's advice.

These literary and philosophical greats comfort me. They make me think. They help me on my journey.

#mayaangelou #misogyny #womensupportingwomen
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Psst, we have books and we're open 24/7!!
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dystopian literature asks us, “What if?” And wow, did the question in The Wilding of Em’s Path seize the kairos of our moment. Wrenn's story of resistance and hope is a must-read and must-have addition to your library!
#bookrecommendations #sapphicbooks
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Week 2 Update for #swag4gcls!

Please help me keep my derrière in the chair!

Your fundraising donation benefits @goldencrownls.bsky.social
to continue their remarkable support of sapphic fiction!

Thanks to everyone for supporting me and all the participating authors!

Link in comments 🙏❤️
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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📽️ A recent immigrant, left to raise her newborn alone in an alien world, discovers her own strength through the gentle grace of a neighbor who sees her worth when she cannot. 💃🏽 We appreciate this recognition for our film. #USA #India #immigration #family #movie #Scotland #film
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's tattered, yellowed, and pages have been lovingly tucked back in place. Just the signs that I've treasured this collection since buying it in 1986. I hope you feel inspired by Walker's always sublime and timely poetry ❤️

#amreading #poetrylovers
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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'I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.'

Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching

#BookWormSat

🎨 Gwenda Morgan, Midnight Madness - Witches on Night Flight
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Cat and kittens
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Three Must-Reads for October.
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Now Available Everywhere!
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A middle finger to erasure.

More of this, please. Now do Black Lives Matter!
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our realtor asked me to box up my books last year. I did. But I couldn't take being without them any longer, so my daughter helped me open over twenty boxes in storage and reclaim my favourites. I feel happier ❤️

#booksbooksbooks #poetrylovers #writerslife📚 #reading
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wow. The sixth book of the Robert Langdon series was a thrilling ride and reads like a uni lecture about the nature of consciousness and Noetic science. Fabulous setting in Prague. Incredible characters. Made me want to dive into Noetics 👏❤️

#bookrecommendation
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Turns out, sometimes it's easy being green. 🐸

See you all you Amphifans on OCTOBER 18TH!
The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade
YouTube video by Hot Garbage Productions
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October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM