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The Medium is the Mirage
When I Was a Mirage, forthcoming, 2026
160 pages, hand-printed edition of 50
Forthcoming, Summer 2026
Part image theory and part memoir, this book draws on mirages to think through the shifting terrains of trans embodiment and visual culture. Taking a cue from 19th-century photographer Félix Nadar’s When I Was a Photographer, Long visits Rochester, New York, on the anniversary of a daylong mirage that projected an image of the Canadian wilderness over downtown Rochester. When I Was a Mirage is not a story of arrival. It’s a record of vanishing points, soft refusals, and the queer poetics of the ephemeral and almost-seen.
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Copyright, Marget Long, All rights reserved, 2026