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J. L. Long
@jllongwrites.bsky.social
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J. L. Long lives in NH w/an indeterminate number of adults, teens, & cats. Writer, poet, mac 'n cheez connoisseur. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📖 www.jllongwrites.com
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She judges me. She judges us all. #cats
Image of a black cat with yellow eyes, sitting on a kitchen island.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Come by the HoliGAY Fair on December 6th to check out my books, browse through the other vendors' awesome stuff, and freeze your ass off by the campfires!
Image of two cartoon mice dressed in winter clothes and holding hands. Text reads: Join us for the fifth annual HoliGAY Fair! Outdoor market, 30 vendors, food, drink, community, campfires, Seacoast Queer Choir, raffle. Dec. 6, 2025, 11 am - 3 pm. Throwback Brewery, North Hampton, N.H.
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Have a Halloween -themed work event tonight, so I thought I'd dress up. #halloween
White middle aged man with muttonchops and glasses, wearing an orange shirt with jack o'lanterns and black cats and a purple bowtie with skulls and crossbones.
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I found an ancient slide projector at the thrift store for $5.
A medium size green box with latching lid. An old, green slide projector.
October 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Photo of a black cat laying on the chest of a man in glasses. The cat is looking at the camera
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Happy Spooky Season from this usually not very cuddly girl. #cats
Photo of a black cat laying on the chest of a man in glasses
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Dudes being bros.

(He only condescends to cuddle with me when my spouse, his True Love, is not home.) #cats
Photo of a man with glasses and arm tattoos, with a long haired tuxedo cat in his lap.
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Photo of a bumper sticker on a silver car. The bumper sticker features an illustration of a rifle over the trans pride flag and the text "These colors don't run."
August 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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"Make a fine clean slate/In the Pine Tree State ..."
Photo of a rainbow behind a row of trees.
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I'm very pleased to share that my poem "I'll Give You Something to Be Afraid Of" won Rochester Pride's poetry contest this year! You can read a slightly different (read: more profanity-laden) version of this poem in my chapbook FIREWORKS ARE JUST PRETTY BOMBS, available at a.co/d/2HRjg2y. #poetry
Rochester Pride. What does Pride mean to you? Poetry Contest. “I’ll Give You Something to Be Afraid Of” J. L. Long You think I can't tell That you make gay jokes When I'm not in the room You think that your smile Weak and thin like gruel Is enough to fool me You don't realize That the condescension Rolls off you like the stink Of wet garbage rotting Under the roiling heat Of a midday sun in late June One of your friends Laughs with you and says, "I'm not homophobic I'm not afraid of gays They're just so Well, you know" And you do know And so do I We all know what he means But what you don't know Is that Stonewall was a riot And let me tell you, baby, so am I.
August 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Rochester (NH) Pride is TOMORROW, and I'll have a table there selling my books and zines. Come hang out if you're in or near southern New Hampshire! #indiewriter #books #zines #pride #queerwriter #rochesternh #newhampshire
Rainbow hearts and rainbow text on a white background. Text reads: "Rochester Pride. Saturday August 2nd, 12 - 3pm, Hanson Street. All are welcome! Come join the fun! Speakers, vendors, music. Poetry, friendship, fun."
August 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Rochester, NH Pride is August 2nd, and I'll be tabling this year! Come drop by to buy some books or just chat! #pride #lgbt #gay #rochesternh #indieauthor
Come by my table! Rochester Pride. Saturday, August 2nd, 12-3pm. Downtown - Hanson Street.
July 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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From my chapbook FIREWORKS ARE JUST PRETTY BOMBS: jllongwrites.com . #fourthofjuly #poetry #independenceday #america
Text on a background of a U.S. flag. Text reads: "“’Tis of Thee J.L. Long I'm dying to believe That somewhere down inside Your hollow chest Your lying smiles There lives something Almost like a soul— Yes, I'm dying to believe That when you Reach out for a hug I won't pull away to find Some small pen-knife sticking Halfway out my back— I'm dying to believe In the ghost of the goodness You strangled So many years ago And in the thin rattle of hope That beats like A newborn butterfly's wings Inside my fractured heart—" Text on a background of a U.S. flag. Text reads: "I'm dying to believe And I'll keep on dying Slowly Bit by bit Piece by piece So long as I keep on Believing In you and all your Tortured little promises— I know I know I know I know All the costs and consequences Of playing the jester To your cruel-lipped king And still And yet These acres of threadbare belief They are the rope I clutch Over a still more remorseless Pit of yawning black despair."
July 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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From Paper Bunny Press: www.paperbunnypress.com
Colorful illustration of fireworks. Text reads: "BOOM BITCH. July."
July 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New month, new door decor.
Photo of a front door. On the door is a sign, with white letters on a rainbow background, that reads "Happy Wrath Month."
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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@yourewrongabout.bsky.social @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Found this at a used book shop and immediately thought of the YWA/MP crossover ep. If either of you don't own it but would like it, just let me know! (Hope this isn't weird! I'm sorry if it's weird!)
A photo of a book with a purple cover. The title is MRS. HARRIS: THE DEATH OF THE SCARSDALE DIET DOCTOR. By Diana Trilling.
June 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Kitty siesta time. #cats
Photo of a long haired tuxedo cat curled up sleeping on a dark green chair. Photo of a short haired black cat with a white spot under her chin, laying on a brown pleather chair. Photo of a short haired black cat with skinny tail sprawled out on a beige carpet
June 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Thrilled to have my words included as part of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire's Pride Month community art project. Find out more (and submit!) here: psnh.org/celebrate-pr.... #pride #poetry
Image of the Pride progress flag with rainbow colors, trans pride colors (blue, pink, white), and BIPOC colors (black, brown). On the blue stripe of the flag are the words: "Let joy be our revolution, let hope be our prayer, let justice fill our mouths."
June 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Add Los Angeles. Lather, rinse, repeat. #poetry #poem #protests
Four dead down in Ohio Over fifty years ago And here, today How many will die At Columbia, at GW, at-- I marched against The (second) war in Iraq Back when I was twenty-one And that is now Some twenty years past and gone The moral arc Of this universe we've created Bends toward deja vu-- Forever children dying For the sins of their fathers. ~J. L. Long
June 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Interested in adding some indie queer books to your Pride month reading list? Look no further! All can be purchased at www.jllongwrites.com. #pride #queerbooks #lgbt
Picture of a book cover on a rainbow gradient background. The book cover features a man in a dress shirt wearing a VR headset and holding a holographic globe between his hands. The book is titled SILICON KINGS by J. L. Long. Text reads: "Male tech bros in a soft sci-fi near-future setting. Nobody bands, but there's lot of men FEELING THINGS about other men." Picture of a book cover on a rainbow gradient background. The book cover features a hand holding a sparkler. The book is titled FIREWORKS ARE JUST PRETTY BOMBS & OTHER POEMS by J. L. Long. Text reads: "Poems about gender, relationships, and stuff. Also: weird Christian guilt!" Picture of a book cover on a rainbow gradient background. The book cover features old comic strip style illustration of a pair of women's legs sticking out of a car trunk. The book is titled LADYKILLERS by J. L. Long. Text reads: "Cozy mystery with a trans lady private dick! WLW romance subplot! THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS???"
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Truly, this kitten speaks for us all. (Georgia Dunn's "Breaking Cat News," www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...)
Comic strip panel depicting a calico kitten holding onto a door frame and screaming, "Someone help, I'm experiencing the consequences of my actions!"
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Birds
Photo of a seagull standing on a rock on a beach. Photo of a small brown bird standing on sand.
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Remember: New England oceans are for looking at, not for touching.
Image of a sandy beach with stones in the foreground and dark blue ocean in the background.
May 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A photo I took of the sky on my walk home from Rochester Writers Night the other evening.
Blue sky with pink clouds. The moon is in the top right corner and tree branches are in the bottom left corner.
May 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"Invoking Trans Divinity" on 5/8 (all trans/gnc folks welcome) & 5/21 (trans/gnc BIPOC space)! This creative space invites folks to create and call in the strength, solace, and love of those who have served as beacons, teachers, and cheerleaders. Email photo.galluzzo@gmail.com to register.
Facebook post from user Given Q. Davis. Text reads: "We're excited to offer the trans-specific "Invoking Trans Divinity" writing workshop to the community on 5/8 (all trans/gnc folks welcome) & 5/21 (trans/gnc BIPOC space)! This totally secular creative space invites folks to create and call in the strength, solace, and love of those who have served as beacons, teachers, and cheerleaders. Email photo.galluzzo@gmail.com to register!"
May 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM