This Land

When I first saw him, Jose Antonio Pantoja Hernández was standing behind a display of several of his paintings. Just like several of the other artists lining the promenade in Havana, he had set up a makeshift booth for his work, leaning large canvases against a small folding table.…

The Tulsa Police Department [TPD] is arguably the most embattled police force in the country. Rocked by a recent corruption scandal that has so far resulted in the dismissal or reduction of 32 criminal cases, at a taxpayer cost expected to run into the millions, the TPD is ensnared in…

It’s been a longstanding Tulsa truism for artists: if you want to be successful, leave. At This Land Press, we’re hell-bent on reversing the trend of outgoing talent. As we grow, we plan to become home to Oklahoma’s best creative minds, a place where artists can flourish without having to…

It’s official: This Land Press is now Oklahoma’s first New Media company, and we’ve just hired a veritable dream-team of Oklahoma’s top talents to make it all happen. Our growth has just been announced in a recent article published in the Columbia Journalism Review. Reporter Michael Meyer writes:

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The following article is excerpted from the book, The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books (Counterpoint, March 2011) Edited by Jeff Martin and C. Max Magee.

If you want to know where writing is going, you shouldn’t look in a library or a bookstore. You shouldn’t even…

For years, I’ve wanted to attend The Nightmare, arguably the most popular Christian haunted house of them all, but I could never find anyone to go with me—not even my wife. Ten thousand souls a night can pass through the spectacle at GUTS Church in Tulsa, and at a starting…

Beginning with Woody Guthrie, Oklahomans have a long and storied tradition of challenging authoritarianism. Guthrie used his guitar, Will Rogers did it with a smile, and Wilma Mankiller defied the male-dominated power structure. However, the presumed case of Private First Class Bradley Manning is distinctly notable, both for its death-defying…

A story is unfolding in Tulsa, right under your nose. It’s about a building. You wouldn’t know much about it if you just follow the news.

In 2008, Tulsa moved its administrative offices to a glassy high-rise at One Technology Center, leaving City Hall empty. City officials decided to put…

The image at left helps you appreciate the extent of the area affected by the BP Oil Spill Geyser. If you relocated Deepwater Horizon to Tulsa’s City Hall, the spill would cover an area so broad, that your entire drive to Joplin, Fayetteville, or McAlester would be coated by…

In April of this year, nearly thirty writers, artists, and thinkers collaborated on a publication with the hope that others might see the potential for a new voice in Oklahoma, a voice committed to exploring our heritage while illuminating the vibrant culture around us. We wanted to bring new life…