Together in Tulsa
by Rebekah Greiman
Just past the beehives, the blueberries, and the asparagus, the fields are being prepared for the spring planting. The cover crops, planted in the winter to prevent erosion and improve the soil, are close to…
Kris and Nicole Crawford stand apart.
They waited to kiss one another until they were standing at the altar. Instead of the standard luxury cars medical doctors often sport, Kris drives a 10-year-old black truck—a gift from his father-in-law—and Nicole a five-year-old gray sedan. Nicole gave up her profession and…
Kathy Todoroff took the phone from her husband. She remembers asking into the receiver: “What would you like to eat, Leon?”
Kathy loved to cook. She’d been doing it every day since she was 13, when her mother became too sick for kitchen duty. She was brought up to think…
At the end of a dusty day, we turned from the smooth comfort of good pavement and paused beneath a lone shade tree in the Gadna village of India. The sound of strangers stirred the Banjaras to leave their boiling curry pots and stolen treasures, for they could smell the…
“His presence was big,” Blakely said. “I mean, he was a pretty big guy himself, over six foot and with his big beard. But you knew when Joe was around. Outgoing as anybody ever could be, and ready to make you laugh.”
Blakely’s role at the shop was installing Merz’s…
Paul Benjaman fronts the Paul Benjaman Band, purveyors of what the band calls “boundary-free ’70s-style rock.” Look for Benjaman on the newest “New Tulsa Sound” compilation.
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The artifacts arrived in a truck at the back door of Gilcrease Museum, shipped there in cardboard boxes. They’d been chosen from a 200-page list sent by Nora Guthrie, the longtime custodian of her father’s archives, for Woody at One Hundred: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration 1912-2012. When purchasing the…
Imaginary Oklahoma is an ongoing project in which some of today’s most important and influential writers combine with artists to provide a fictional take on this place we call home. Through a wide variety of voices, styles, and literary devices, these works prove that “Oklahoma” is much more than a…
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Tulsa Revealed
Shedding Light on the Lives and Stories Behind Larry Clark's Photographs
by Shantelle Jennings
Editor’s note: In the special May 1, 2012 issue of This Land, we offer the amazing stories of two acclaimed Tulsa photographers, Larry Clark and Gaylord Herron. Our iPad edition of this issue features exclusive additional content that takes you deep into the Tulsa photography experience. Hear Shantelle
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Before Leon Russell got ahold of it, the building was called the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Russell and Shelter Records owned the building for a five-year stint in the 1970s; he converted it into a recording studio and established it as a local hot spot for music.
I drove…
Together in Tulsa
Scott and Margee Aycock
by Rebekah Greiman
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Poetry to the People
Cicada III
Scott Aycock
Even sitting still, Scott’s legs moved to an unheard drumbeat. Margee, meanwhile, folded her right leg underneath her and relaxed into the couch. She recounted their first years together, while he excused himself for a glass of water.
“That’s just how he is,” Margee said. “I’m content and he’s always…
as wages stagnate
up store square
feet sore from
eight days a
weak excuse
for profit margins
measure of time
out of your way
to serve every
guess who benefits
for full time team
effortless smiles
hastily pasted…
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