Josh Morgan
@joshdmorg.bsky.social
Californian. Nonfiction author. Work in higher education marketing.
First, yes I love graduations because it’s a physical example of people meeting goals. It’s the same reason one of my favorite places is the finish line of a long run. You get to see people achieve things they set out to do.
Amidst all the terribleness, I think graduation is beautiful because everyone there recognizes it as a good thing. It’s meaningful and shared and joyful. I wish we could somehow capture the feeling and mail it around the country.
May 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
First, yes I love graduations because it’s a physical example of people meeting goals. It’s the same reason one of my favorite places is the finish line of a long run. You get to see people achieve things they set out to do.
The last day of May I’ll be at McKinley Park along with a lot of other authors at the Sacramento Book Festival. I’ve never done this before so come make I do it right. Come on out and say hi! sacramento.newsreview.com/2025/05/23/s...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The last day of May I’ll be at McKinley Park along with a lot of other authors at the Sacramento Book Festival. I’ve never done this before so come make I do it right. Come on out and say hi! sacramento.newsreview.com/2025/05/23/s...
Thank you Alex for the kind words and support! Always wonderful connecting with others who love California history.
I have been reading @joshdmorg.bsky.social's excellent book on the Folsom prison escape. What I like most about his approach is how he (very early on) established a personal connection to the events from so long ago.
From the crowd generated fantasy casting of The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 at my recent reading in Roseville a few names came back including Mads Mikkelsen, Pedro Pascal, JK Simmons Any to add?
May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you Alex for the kind words and support! Always wonderful connecting with others who love California history.
From the crowd generated fantasy casting of The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 at my recent reading in Roseville a few names came back including Mads Mikkelsen, Pedro Pascal, JK Simmons Any to add?
February 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
From the crowd generated fantasy casting of The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 at my recent reading in Roseville a few names came back including Mads Mikkelsen, Pedro Pascal, JK Simmons Any to add?
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WE R1! 💙💛 UC Merced has officially been named a Carnegie R1 top-tier research university—the only one in the Central Valley. In less than 20 years, we've joined the nation's most elite institutions, proving that innovation and impact have no limits. 🔗 ucm.edu/3ussof
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
WE R1! 💙💛 UC Merced has officially been named a Carnegie R1 top-tier research university—the only one in the Central Valley. In less than 20 years, we've joined the nation's most elite institutions, proving that innovation and impact have no limits. 🔗 ucm.edu/3ussof
It’s like the Avengers but for aging rockers.
![From Reddit:
It’d be kind of cool if A Complete Unknown was the start of a series of biopics that culminated into [sic] a movie about the Traveling Wilburys](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zijpzw75j26esk5z2oilexan/bafkreigp7frmib3njldru6coibeucxxp6byfyq5luus7fh2deqtjd7mrqy@jpeg)
January 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like the Avengers but for aging rockers.
If you’re thinking that a nice Kindle version of a heartwarming true story of a bloody escape from Folsom Prison in 1903 would make a great gift, you’re right! The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 is now available on Kindle for $9.99 a.co/d/2AgufkE
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December 3, 2024 at 4:09 AM
If you’re thinking that a nice Kindle version of a heartwarming true story of a bloody escape from Folsom Prison in 1903 would make a great gift, you’re right! The Folsom Prison Bloody 13 is now available on Kindle for $9.99 a.co/d/2AgufkE
Is this an appropriate time to recognize I was well into adulthood before I realized there were raisins in Its Its and I’ve never recovered.
I spent my childhood diligently picking out every single raisin, finding out far too late in life that bran flakes exist for this reason 🤣🫠
The entire concept of raisin bran is bonkers.
"Do you want a bunch of grapes in your cereal?"
"what? No."
"What about if I dehydrate them to the point of chewiness"
"Keep talking."
"Do you want a bunch of grapes in your cereal?"
"what? No."
"What about if I dehydrate them to the point of chewiness"
"Keep talking."
December 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Is this an appropriate time to recognize I was well into adulthood before I realized there were raisins in Its Its and I’ve never recovered.
The great thing about writing is there is literally nothing stopping you. Sometimes I hear, I don’t have time… there’s not a deadline. I don’t know what to write about….we are surrounded by stories. If you think you want to write, then write.
December 1, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The great thing about writing is there is literally nothing stopping you. Sometimes I hear, I don’t have time… there’s not a deadline. I don’t know what to write about….we are surrounded by stories. If you think you want to write, then write.
How it started and how it’s going. The letter my great grandmother received in 1903 and the book that resulted and came out in June of this year.
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM
How it started and how it’s going. The letter my great grandmother received in 1903 and the book that resulted and came out in June of this year.
This morning I was at a memorial service and mass for a community leader who died after a life of serving others. This is your reminder to do the thing, take the trip, and tell people you love them.
November 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
This morning I was at a memorial service and mass for a community leader who died after a life of serving others. This is your reminder to do the thing, take the trip, and tell people you love them.
In Elf when Jovie shows Buddy the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and they stop and go, “Wowww.” Yeah, kind of like that. Treemomemeter update: September 29, October 13, October 25, November 11, November 16, November 24.
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
In Elf when Jovie shows Buddy the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and they stop and go, “Wowww.” Yeah, kind of like that. Treemomemeter update: September 29, October 13, October 25, November 11, November 16, November 24.
I’ve followed the other Josh Morgan’s here. Hi other Josh’s!
November 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I’ve followed the other Josh Morgan’s here. Hi other Josh’s!
That lucky moment when the scrapbook of one of the subjects of your book is housed in the special collection of your Alma mater and the librarian stays late to make sure you get it. Thank you University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Library!
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
That lucky moment when the scrapbook of one of the subjects of your book is housed in the special collection of your Alma mater and the librarian stays late to make sure you get it. Thank you University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Library!
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Hey there #CommSky — come work in sunny blue California! #AcademicJobs Find
@beaster-jones.bsky.social & me #NCA2024 to talk more; apply by 12/2!
@beaster-jones.bsky.social & me #NCA2024 to talk more; apply by 12/2!
Good morning #CommSky! pls share! WE ARE HIRING
@ucmerced.bsky.social
3 faculty positions to help grow our new program in COMMUNICATION.
1. FULL PROFESSOR
2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
3. ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR (job code JPF01834)
Apply: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01835
@ucmerced.bsky.social
3 faculty positions to help grow our new program in COMMUNICATION.
1. FULL PROFESSOR
2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
3. ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR (job code JPF01834)
Apply: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF01835
Assistant and Full Professor of Communication and Media
University of California, Merced is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucmerced.edu
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Hey there #CommSky — come work in sunny blue California! #AcademicJobs Find
@beaster-jones.bsky.social & me #NCA2024 to talk more; apply by 12/2!
@beaster-jones.bsky.social & me #NCA2024 to talk more; apply by 12/2!
As a nonfiction writer, I’m trying to learn the balance between, “I just need a little more detail here, and OHMYGOD WHO WILL CARE!” In a related note, Former Folsom Prison warden JJ Smith was born on his fathers 240 acre cattle ranch along the American River.
November 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM
As a nonfiction writer, I’m trying to learn the balance between, “I just need a little more detail here, and OHMYGOD WHO WILL CARE!” In a related note, Former Folsom Prison warden JJ Smith was born on his fathers 240 acre cattle ranch along the American River.
On my morning runs I track a specific tree as my “treemometer” for fall. This week it went big. Picture dates: September 29, October 13, October 25, November 11, November 16.
November 16, 2024 at 4:52 PM
On my morning runs I track a specific tree as my “treemometer” for fall. This week it went big. Picture dates: September 29, October 13, October 25, November 11, November 16.
My #nonfiction #author friends will appreciate this. Current in process book includes the story of “Lloyd Sampsell,” the “Yachting Bandit.” I get the mugshot from the Archives and it says “Floyd.” Confirmed it’s him but phew, a little scared.
November 14, 2024 at 6:13 AM
My #nonfiction #author friends will appreciate this. Current in process book includes the story of “Lloyd Sampsell,” the “Yachting Bandit.” I get the mugshot from the Archives and it says “Floyd.” Confirmed it’s him but phew, a little scared.
Hi. Reintroducing myself. I write nonfiction, first book about a 1903 break from Folsom Prison was published by Arcadia Publishing this year. I work in higher education and am a champion of affordable, accessible, equitable higher ed.
November 13, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Hi. Reintroducing myself. I write nonfiction, first book about a 1903 break from Folsom Prison was published by Arcadia Publishing this year. I work in higher education and am a champion of affordable, accessible, equitable higher ed.
This but with 19th century maps. Yes, nonfiction writer here.
If you need me, I’ll be at the State Archives.
If you need me, I’ll be at the State Archives.
Are you even writing a book if you don't spend 10 minutes Google street view exploring a mall parking lot?
October 17, 2024 at 9:08 PM
This but with 19th century maps. Yes, nonfiction writer here.
If you need me, I’ll be at the State Archives.
If you need me, I’ll be at the State Archives.
Thank you to everyone at the @california_archive for their help this morning as I get closer to publishing the story of the 1903 escape from Folsom Prison. Contract signed with publisher with scheduled 2024 release.
July 12, 2023 at 12:07 AM
Thank you to everyone at the @california_archive for their help this morning as I get closer to publishing the story of the 1903 escape from Folsom Prison. Contract signed with publisher with scheduled 2024 release.