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SJ Rozan

@sjrozan.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, gardener, New Yorker, basketball player, NY Liberty and NY Knicks fan. Author of 20 novels and 100+ short stories. Former architect.

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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know you want to make the bed now that the laundry's done. But I'm all comfy (see the starfish paws?) so you'll have to wait. -- Petra
Cat in piled-up blankets on unmade bed.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NYC is always NYC.
Chopping up stale bread for the pigeons at the Met. Monk and friend waiting on a hotdog line. Mailbox reading “Hungry” and “Spicy”
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jonathan Santlofer and Joyce Carol Oates responding to audience questions at the launch of Jonathan's new book, TEN PERFECT GUESTS. The event was at Jim Kempner Fine Art, thus the art backdrop.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NYC can be exhausting.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You guys! My buddy Jonathan Santlofer's new book is out today. It's gripping, it's page-turning, and it's fun. What could be better? Available wherever fine books are sold.
Cover image of TEN PERFECT GUESTS
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hudson River Park. One good tern. I'll see myself out.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sailing school, Hudson River, right now.
A line of identical sailboats under the sunset sky.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
E. 14th Street, NYC, right now.
Sign: “Your nervous system called. It wants a break.”
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
East 41st Street, NYC, right now.
Sunlight hitting building in many varied.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Not wanting to neglect Italy, I’ll be bouncing back and forth as I post photos from the trip.
View from my window. Plates and glassesBalcony with flowers. Plants along stone wall.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Au revoir, Paris!
SJ Rozan on a plane leaving Paris
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Accordionist, Paris Metro!
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Chapeau shop, Paris.
Strange hatsWeird hats. Odd hats. Peculiar hats.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
On Transavia Airlines heading from Rome to Paris. Scarf and jacket waiting to see if it gets any cooler in here.
SJ Rozan on a plane again.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Assisi, Italy. Our last night at #artworkshopintl.
Orange cloud above stone houses
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well, it *is* a very steep hill. Assisi, Italy.
Sign exhorting people to stop in and taste the olive oil now because they won’t feel like walking back up later.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
More nuns in sneakers. Assisi, Italy. #artworkshopintl
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Frescoes, frescoes, everywhere. Some of these are in Assisi, some in Spoleto. @artworkshopintl.bsky.social
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Umbria, Italy Defensible personal space Corner Nuns on pilgrimage Trompe l’oiel — that’s a flat plaster wall, for real
Castle on hillsideWindows in angled wallFive nuns in white habitsPainted plaster that looks like marble
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Assisi, Italy, right now. #artworkshopintl #assisi
Openwork tiles casting shadows.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Assisi, Italy, right now. #artworkshopintl
Storm clouds above Italian hillside
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Lucky for SJ that replacement for the scratcher bed came just in time. — Mo
Cat curled up in new scratcher.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
West Village Olympic Snoozing Team demonstrating individual freestyle skills.
Two sleeping cats.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So long, Wisconsin! See you next year at Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp & Writing Retreat!
SJ Rozan on a plane.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Traveling scarf, different jacket, on my way to Racine for Novel-In-Progress Bookcamp & Writing Retreat.
SJ Rozan on yet another plane.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hudson River Park, right now.
Sunset, river, runners.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Bleecker Street, right now.
Store sign
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Local gas station setting up for a watch party, right now.
Huge tv set outdoors.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Window, local liquor store, right now.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hudson River Park, right now.
Smoke tree in the sunlight.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
On 14th Street a guy has been chalking messages for a few months now on the stretch of sidewalk. Generally they’re about believing in yourself and about how Jesus loves you. Now there’s this.
A basketball, “Let’s go NYK,” and “We’re going all the way New Yorkers” in chalk on the sidewalk.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It's cold and gloomy, SJ got up super early and is doing all the morning things in the wrong order plus she's doing some non-morning things and we don't know what's going on so we have to snuggle. -- Petra
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Of course it’s comfy. Why would I have been lying in this position for the last twenty minutes if it weren’t? — Petra
Cat leaning against hard-edged shelf.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Gloomy day, cosy nap.
Two cats napping together.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I’m right next to the laptop, helping SJ work. — Petra
Calico cat sound asleep on desk.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is the jersey right here.
Spike Lee in his Pope Leo Knicks jersey.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Me at the NYBG Orchid Show. Highly recommended. The show, not me. Photo, Hillary Brown.
SJ Rozan surrounded by orchids.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Cat on laundry basket
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I reserve the right to keep complaining about what an annoying kid sister Petra is. — Mo* *the part-Siamese one with his head buried in his annoying kid sister’s neck
Two cats snuggling together.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, right now.
Low clouds floating along the hills.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Philadelphia 30th St. Station, right now.
Complicated scaffolding, colored glass, lights.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I left a book on the couch last night. Mo the cat loves to curl up with a good book so he slept on it.
Outline of book pressed into couch cushion.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Petra and Mo
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Me and my buddies at NYC's NO KINGS rally yesterday. Jim's sign says NOPE. Mine says FUCK IMMIGRATION; "agents" is implied.
Six protestors with signs.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Sign of the day, No Kings, NYC.
Sign: History — Don’t Make Me Repeat Myself
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Heading out to my NO KINGS march. Stay safe, everyone!
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Brooklyn Bridge Park, right now.
Sand, reeds, pilings, river, pier, sky.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Mo’s stepsister is another rescue, about 6 months younger than he. I adopted them both a year and a half ago when they had to leave their first home.
Calico cat on stairs.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Books are the best! — Mo
Cat nuzzling a pile of books.
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SJ Rozan @sjrozan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Leaving Havana. Hasta la proxima!
SJ Rozan on a plane out of Cuba.
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