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Our feature story by Kiera Feldman covers the scandals that have plagued Grace Fellowship since its rise to prominence in the Tulsa area. Also:
TOGETHER: Chris Fellure and Sara BowersockFellure had an on-again off-agai…

This issue, it’s a throwdown between two titans of Tulsa photography–Gaylord Herron and Larry Clark.

Coming up:

• PUBLIC SECRETS: Lee Roy Chapman remembers the Lew Clark Studio, where Larry…
  

“This Machine Remembers” is full of powerful articles that put the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 into a new light. Among the various exclusive articles are:

Leon Russell dominates this issue because we’re celebrating the man’s 70th birthday in style. This issue includes:

THE POSTER BOY OF ROCK: Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson profiles Brian Thompson, the poster…

In our cover story, Ginger Strand takes the case of the I-40 serial murders and the OKC Cop who solved them and blows it wide open.

This issue:

LETTER FROM INDIA: Sheilah Bright encounters the Banjara gypsy communi…

Woody comes home, and Thomas Conner has the story on how he got back here.

Also in this issue:

• IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Brian Frazer tells the tale of the half-baked kidnapping of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“This Machine Tightens Belts” is a gripping look into the machinations of Oklahoma’s execution chamber. Stories this issue include:

Hold on tight, because it’s sure to be a nasty one! Chock full of articles about suicide, homicide, and genocide, this is one gritty paper that promises to take you on a harrowing, hair-raising journey.

Coming up:
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This issue suits up to battle the mundane and ordinary. For a very special cover, in-house illustrator Jeremy Luther assembled donated fabrics and tailoring supplies to construct his portrait of Tulsa tailor and holocau…

This Machine Digs Deep into what’s really behind the shaking earth beneath our feet. Plus, we’re starting the year off right with tales of eccentric evangelism and old-time religion.

IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Matt Bondurant…

This Machine Papers Houses

We finish out the year by tackling a subject we have a little bit of experience with: local publications. Come along as we explore the early history of the Tulsa World and pay tribute to the…

The holidays are upon us! In addition to the quality of prose we’re sure you’ve become accustomed to at this point, this issue also offers a map of the Holiday Parade of Lights route. For the first time in the history, …

Genius and creativity abound in this issue, with two features on the talented, though nearly forgotten, architect Bruce Goff and a profile on two precocious pubescent post-punk rockers who are rocking the mismatched sock…

With our paint and poetry issue, we wax poetic with our features on the late, great poet-painter Joe Brainard and Tulsa’s own Russian expatriate Yevgeny Yevtushenko. We also bring you writing from Oklahoma’s patron saint…

This issue is downright bacchanalian, and we make no apologies for basking in lush, hedonistic glory. Coming up:

TOGETHER IN TULSA: Anna Kathleen Casey on Hannah and Chris Middlebrook, and the party animal that is “C…

Feel free to read our palm as we keep our fingers on the pulse of Oklahoma with this issue. Our next issue will feature:

IMAGINARY OKLAHOMA: Acclaimed novelist Rebecca Makkai shares the story of college kids who are p…

In the last issue we unmasked Tate Brady, so this time we’re taking a softer approach with some wonderful new writing on Oklahoma.

Let’s take a deep breath and get right to it:

LOST OLINKA: Holly Wall investigates …

Our September issue is a machine that unmasks terror and is sure to chill our readers to the bone. In this issue, we once again turn the spotlight on Tulsa’s sometimes unsavory past, this time exploring the hidden histo…

Not only does our August 15th issue tame beasts, it also defies death.  Be on the look-out for this heart-stopping, circus-themed edition, packed with so many acts of daring-do that not even a big top can contain it.

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“This Machine Comes Sweeping Down the Plains” is a gloriously-illustrated issue that combines works of wonder, whimsy and serious reporting. If you already subscribe to This Land, then you know that our broadshe…

In our July 15 edition, “This Machine is Bound for Glory,” This Land wishes Woody Guthrie a happy birthday with the release of an issue centered around the man and his legacy. Inside, you’ll find plenty of things you ca…

The release of our July issue marks the beginning of our new bi-weekly publication schedule and heralds in our website’s bold new design. In this issue, Steve Gerkin dives into a time when 6th street was run by the Centr…

The June 2011 issue of This Land is indeed a machine that demands accountability. But it also delivers some of the most free-spirited and downright hysterical offerings to be had in Oklahoma.

With this special issue, …

Just when you thought This Land couldn’t pack any more surprises, along comes our May 2011 issue, which is destined to become a collector’s item.

Here’s your sneak preview:

The businessman on the May issue…

Our designer, Carlos Knight, believes that Volume Two, Issue Four of This Land, aka April 2011, may be his finest hour yet. We have to agree that it is indeed a paper-based garden of visual delight, but we’re …

This one packs a real punch! Investigative reports and a superconvergence of Oklahoma-themed letters create a dazzling reading experience that will satisfy your craving for great local journalism.

Have a peek:

Joh…

Reader, you are in for a delight of the eyes and the mind. This Land Issue Number 6 (a.k.a. Vol 2, #2) not only delivers a whopping amount of awesomeness, but it also introduces you to people, places and ideas t…

It’s a TV-themed keeper!

This Land’s fourth issue is a real stunner!

We’re thrilled to bring you the third issue of This Land, featuring some of Oklahoma’s greatest new stories, including:

THE WHITE DOVE REVIEW: How a Group of Tulsa Teeenagers Created a Literary Legend, by Joshua K…

In an explosive feature for This Land, reporter Denver Nicks goes deep into the life of enigmatic whistleblower Private First Class Bradley Manning. By gaining access to life-long friends as well as Manning’s Facebook …

In the inaugural issue of This Land, we feature an exclusive story by Randy Roberts Potts, Oral Roberts’ grandson, on growing up gay in the televangelist’s family.