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.
I dislike TNR for things that aren’t a newspaper column, and especially in letters or manuscripts. A typographer I like a lot, Matthew Butterick, has a fun riff on it in his book about typography that you can read for free online practicaltypography.com/times-new-ro...
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I dislike TNR for things that aren’t a newspaper column, and especially in letters or manuscripts. A typographer I like a lot, Matthew Butterick, has a fun riff on it in his book about typography that you can read for free online practicaltypography.com/times-new-ro...
What…what in god’s name happened when I was at work
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What…what in god’s name happened when I was at work
The baby is taking his sweet old time with the development milestones but one thing he can do is press the song select button on his sister’s yoto until steely dan’s dirty work plays
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The baby is taking his sweet old time with the development milestones but one thing he can do is press the song select button on his sister’s yoto until steely dan’s dirty work plays
Performative brutalism
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Performative brutalism
Nice parking lot color story in ithaca today
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nice parking lot color story in ithaca today
Various stickered chests and cabinets at Ithaca Reuse
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Various stickered chests and cabinets at Ithaca Reuse
I had a dream two and a half years ago about being really excited to find this nightshirt at the Anne Frank House, which was kind of an advertisement for an advertisement for itself
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I had a dream two and a half years ago about being really excited to find this nightshirt at the Anne Frank House, which was kind of an advertisement for an advertisement for itself
They have a new “natural” processing mode that leaves modest noise in and doesn’t sacrifice detail for “pop.” Here’s a low-light shot taken on the default camera (14 pro max) and moment 2. Check out these crops
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
They have a new “natural” processing mode that leaves modest noise in and doesn’t sacrifice detail for “pop.” Here’s a low-light shot taken on the default camera (14 pro max) and moment 2. Check out these crops
Also related to Rikki Ducornet, I am always jealous of writers who happen to cool sexy casual portraits of themselves from their youth, all primed up for the biography cover. Instead all of my young writer shots are like “mom got me neoprene waders for christmas”
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Also related to Rikki Ducornet, I am always jealous of writers who happen to cool sexy casual portraits of themselves from their youth, all primed up for the biography cover. Instead all of my young writer shots are like “mom got me neoprene waders for christmas”
Some friends just informed me of this fact, I like it very much, my review is lol
![Ducornet is the subject of the Steely Dan song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." 13) Steely Dan singer Donald Fagen had met her at Bard College. "31 Ducornet says they met at a college party, and even though she was married at the time, he gave her his number.
Ducornet was intrigued by Fagen and was tempted to call him, but she decided against it. She later told an interviewer, "Philosophically it's an interesting song; I mean I think his 'number' is a cipher for the self." [141[15]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aabauejh3nci23pjum3bq7kw/bafkreicyolxeaqwokjlto7hyyxfhwpcrexvbah6ycrtvzv4qzctkg3tfri@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Some friends just informed me of this fact, I like it very much, my review is lol
Mulholland Dr (2001)
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Mulholland Dr (2001)
Seems like a good time to hoist my old bespoke cringe flag up the pole
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Seems like a good time to hoist my old bespoke cringe flag up the pole
Them: do you have time to review a book
Me: sure do
T: great we’ll send the books
M: what
T: there are actually four
M: uh…
T: also a biography. On the way!!
M: wait I
*doorbell rings*
Me: sure do
T: great we’ll send the books
M: what
T: there are actually four
M: uh…
T: also a biography. On the way!!
M: wait I
*doorbell rings*
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Them: do you have time to review a book
Me: sure do
T: great we’ll send the books
M: what
T: there are actually four
M: uh…
T: also a biography. On the way!!
M: wait I
*doorbell rings*
Me: sure do
T: great we’ll send the books
M: what
T: there are actually four
M: uh…
T: also a biography. On the way!!
M: wait I
*doorbell rings*
Here’s a better look at its killer logo
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here’s a better look at its killer logo
My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This new @dieddisappointed.bsky.social book is astounding. Sorry it’s greasy, blame the snyders pretzel company
I admire that this graffito 1) clearly articulates the existence of a capybara-based economic system, and 2) takes no position for or against it
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I admire that this graffito 1) clearly articulates the existence of a capybara-based economic system, and 2) takes no position for or against it
A fun thing I’ve been doing is singing the lyrics from Wire’s “Kidney Bingoes” to the tune of the Beach Boys’s “Little Surfer”
![[Verse 1]
Natural splits sunburn jets pride marks smart bets
Strikers luck pitch backs heap tips pit slacks
Dressed pints demon shrinks bread drunk dead drinks
Stretch clubs models box draw skin black shocks, and
[Chorus]
Money spines paper lung kidney bingos organ fun
Money spines paper lung kidney bingos organ fun
[Verse 2]
Flag stunt rock stone dole axe crash dive
Breath thrift take speed double take weekends
Skull row drugs hall colour bars sex calls
Sparkle finds rented rings pretty things clipped wings, and](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aabauejh3nci23pjum3bq7kw/bafkreigrpbtdwg27tnij5y46tuwl7ocw3rjzlpujmu6l2d3bbjrygcwah4@jpeg)
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A fun thing I’ve been doing is singing the lyrics from Wire’s “Kidney Bingoes” to the tune of the Beach Boys’s “Little Surfer”
Massive turnout in Ithaca today, hundreds more than last time, including these heroes expressionlessly blocking traffic eight blocks away
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Massive turnout in Ithaca today, hundreds more than last time, including these heroes expressionlessly blocking traffic eight blocks away
I mean, there’s budget cuts, and then there’s BUDGET CUTS, geez
September 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I mean, there’s budget cuts, and then there’s BUDGET CUTS, geez
And, look, I do understand that space is at a premium, and I respect all the edits we made to my piece, but I do mourn the loss of this unabridged opening graf, where I tried to sneak @sebastiancastillo.bsky.social's Waluigi Hentai tweet into the LRB. Alas! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
September 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And, look, I do understand that space is at a premium, and I respect all the edits we made to my piece, but I do mourn the loss of this unabridged opening graf, where I tried to sneak @sebastiancastillo.bsky.social's Waluigi Hentai tweet into the LRB. Alas! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...