Josiah Roberts
@josiahroberts.bsky.social
writing stuff
art & web design for
@lastsyllablelit.bsky.social
art & web design for
@lastsyllablelit.bsky.social
Anyone here read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter? My heart is in pain and I need to commiserate
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Anyone here read The Heart is a Lonely Hunter? My heart is in pain and I need to commiserate
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This summer @therumpus.net published some truly stunning essays via our Essays section. Here's a #RumpusEssays thread:
Starting things off, @josiahroberts.bsky.social's "To Adopt a Grandparent"
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
Starting things off, @josiahroberts.bsky.social's "To Adopt a Grandparent"
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
To Adopt a Grandparent - The Rumpus
“In every interaction there’s someone with power and someone without. If you are the latter, your two most important virtues are patience and persistence.”
therumpus.net
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This summer @therumpus.net published some truly stunning essays via our Essays section. Here's a #RumpusEssays thread:
Starting things off, @josiahroberts.bsky.social's "To Adopt a Grandparent"
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
Starting things off, @josiahroberts.bsky.social's "To Adopt a Grandparent"
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
Reposted by Josiah Roberts
Read this beautiful, wonderful piece by our own MA in Writing alum @josiahroberts.bsky.social, and congratulations on such a stunning first essay publication in @therumpus.net!
“I hardly knew this old woman, but she was supposed to be important to me somehow.”
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
August 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Read this beautiful, wonderful piece by our own MA in Writing alum @josiahroberts.bsky.social, and congratulations on such a stunning first essay publication in @therumpus.net!
Reposted by Josiah Roberts
“I hardly knew this old woman, but she was supposed to be important to me somehow.”
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
May 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“I hardly knew this old woman, but she was supposed to be important to me somehow.”
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
From "To Adopt a Grandparent," a new original essay by @josiahroberts.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/Mi4wPFu
The mornings were reserved for thesis work. Thesis is done. This morning, I beat my record for staring at the wall with a solid hour and a half streak. Conquer one beast, onto the next. Grind never stops people. Shootin for a solid 4 hours. Don’t let anyone stop you from reaching your dreams
May 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The mornings were reserved for thesis work. Thesis is done. This morning, I beat my record for staring at the wall with a solid hour and a half streak. Conquer one beast, onto the next. Grind never stops people. Shootin for a solid 4 hours. Don’t let anyone stop you from reaching your dreams
My first publication is out today with The Rumpus!
It’s a piece about growing up without grandparents and working with a lot of old people at the Apple Store.
You can read it here!
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
It’s a piece about growing up without grandparents and working with a lot of old people at the Apple Store.
You can read it here!
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
To Adopt a Grandparent - The Rumpus
“In every interaction there’s someone with power and someone without. If you are the latter, your two most important virtues are patience and persistence.”
therumpus.net
May 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My first publication is out today with The Rumpus!
It’s a piece about growing up without grandparents and working with a lot of old people at the Apple Store.
You can read it here!
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
It’s a piece about growing up without grandparents and working with a lot of old people at the Apple Store.
You can read it here!
therumpus.net/2025/05/06/t...
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So proud of two of our @plnuwritingma.bsky.social students who received @awpwriter.bsky.social Intro Journals Project honors this year.
Nonfiction Winner: @josiahroberts.bsky.social
Poetry Honorable Mention: @itmebugail.bsky.social
Read more here: www.pointloma.edu/news/plnu-ma...
Nonfiction Winner: @josiahroberts.bsky.social
Poetry Honorable Mention: @itmebugail.bsky.social
Read more here: www.pointloma.edu/news/plnu-ma...
April 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So proud of two of our @plnuwritingma.bsky.social students who received @awpwriter.bsky.social Intro Journals Project honors this year.
Nonfiction Winner: @josiahroberts.bsky.social
Poetry Honorable Mention: @itmebugail.bsky.social
Read more here: www.pointloma.edu/news/plnu-ma...
Nonfiction Winner: @josiahroberts.bsky.social
Poetry Honorable Mention: @itmebugail.bsky.social
Read more here: www.pointloma.edu/news/plnu-ma...
Reposted by Josiah Roberts
March 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Boy who cried wolf this!” “Boy who cried wolf that!” What about the boy who just cried? What about him?
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“Boy who cried wolf this!” “Boy who cried wolf that!” What about the boy who just cried? What about him?
What if the boy who cried wolf was just lonely
March 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What if the boy who cried wolf was just lonely
I’m getting a weird nagging feeling no one’s listening to me…
March 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I’m getting a weird nagging feeling no one’s listening to me…
Not wearing green tomorrow so I can lure the leopard cons in and tell them to stop tricking all the leopards cuz it’s not cool who’s with me
March 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Not wearing green tomorrow so I can lure the leopard cons in and tell them to stop tricking all the leopards cuz it’s not cool who’s with me
Don’t sleep on it🗣️
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Don’t sleep on it🗣️
Baguette things comin’
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Baguette things comin’
Only begotten son
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Only begotten son
I’d be your driving crooner
March 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I’d be your driving crooner
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Ebers Medical Papyrus, circa 1550 BCE. Oldest attested mention of migraines, as <gs-tp>: "half/side head".
Shows up again in Galen of Pergamon 1700 years later with an identical construction: ἡμικρανία <hēmikranía>
ἡμικρανία > Lat. hemicrania > O. French migraigne > English megrim, migraine
Ow.
Shows up again in Galen of Pergamon 1700 years later with an identical construction: ἡμικρανία <hēmikranía>
ἡμικρανία > Lat. hemicrania > O. French migraigne > English megrim, migraine
Ow.
February 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Ebers Medical Papyrus, circa 1550 BCE. Oldest attested mention of migraines, as <gs-tp>: "half/side head".
Shows up again in Galen of Pergamon 1700 years later with an identical construction: ἡμικρανία <hēmikranía>
ἡμικρανία > Lat. hemicrania > O. French migraigne > English megrim, migraine
Ow.
Shows up again in Galen of Pergamon 1700 years later with an identical construction: ἡμικρανία <hēmikranía>
ἡμικρανία > Lat. hemicrania > O. French migraigne > English megrim, migraine
Ow.
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Hey look, the @plnuwritingma.bsky.social students started a reading series!
Kudos to @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social for getting FROM THE MAW rolling tomorrow!
Kudos to @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social for getting FROM THE MAW rolling tomorrow!
February 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hey look, the @plnuwritingma.bsky.social students started a reading series!
Kudos to @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social for getting FROM THE MAW rolling tomorrow!
Kudos to @itmebugail.bsky.social and @poetrybyemma.bsky.social for getting FROM THE MAW rolling tomorrow!
Reposted by Josiah Roberts
