Under Closer Examination
Rust grows like a rash inside the Oklahoma Medical Examiner Offices. It’s the crusty orange-brown fringe
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Filter / Sort
The Ritual of Mimosas
A mimosa is a simple drink. Combine three parts champagne to one part orange juice in a champagne flute and brunch
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Galarshes
drink me, rain says it’s hard to swallow the whole world dry so drink me everything tastes better in Oklahoma
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Horses and Dagger
Off rural Highway 16, along a dusty stretch of Bristow sits one of the largest live auction houses in Oklahoma. At
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Crosbie Heights is Growing
Pictured above: Scott Smith, Blue Jackalope Groceries & Coffee. Photo by Michael Cooper At the corner of Third and
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Vertical Tulsa
A few years ago the notion of growing tropical fruits and farm vegetables downtown in a multi-storied solar-paneled
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A Beaver’s Tale
“Ruth line two.” Ruth and her two sons are leasing my house while I’m off doing other things. That’s the good
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Store No. 27 and the Making of QuikTrip
Autumn. 2010. 1946 South Harvard. Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’m slouched in my car in the parking lot of QuikTrip counting
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Puckish Panic
The first time I watched the stop-motion comedy A Town Called Panic, I was alone in my bedroom. I did not laugh. It
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Children Behaving Badly
The woman behind me would not stop huffing. Well, I’m not certain she was a woman. She certainly huffed like a
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Make Art, Not War
The thought of trudging through The Art of the Steal was worrisome. As someone who rarely gets more than five hours of
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The Life of a Con
The searing epic A Prophet presents French prison life as a series of opportunities to either kill or be killed. In the
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Tulsa Politics as Karaoke Competition
Most viewers will mistake The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher for a retelling of Quevedo's El buscon. That
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Past and Future Sound
The first thing I notice upon entering the foyer of the century-old church at 3rd and Trenton is the luminous red and
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Killing Teenagers: In Class with Jonathan Safran Foer
“A friend once told me ‘writing is like pulling teeth...’” Jonathan Safran Foer is about to deliver a worn
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The White Dove Review
“You can leave your contraband at the door,” the woman tells me. I’ve filled out and signed several forms and
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Phil and Miranda
Northern Israel, Christmas Eve, 1988. Phil Kaiser, a Tulsa expatriate and soldier in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces),
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Red Sauce and Pulitzers: The Career of Joe Marquette
“Once I was on Air Force One,” says Joe Marquette. It’s a typical beginning to one of his many anecdotes. The
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Ambassador Polygon
When Johnny Polygon tells me that “being from Oklahoma is like having an asshole brother,” he’s not being
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Misconduct City
The white ’75 Buick Regal races through the red light at 51st Street and careens left onto 129th East Avenue. Tulsa
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The Church on the Corner
Founded in 1899, eight years before Oklahoma was even a state, the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa is one of
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Create, Control, Destroy
There’s a field, straddling an invisible property line several miles east of the Hard Rock Casino, somewhere in the
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Earl Walker: Okemah’s Unsung Hero
On December 14, 1972, the New York Times ran an article with the headline, “Woody Guthrie’s hometown is divided on
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Norman’s Forgotten Legacy
Project Nim opens September 9 at the Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave. Bob Ingersoll will do question-and-answer
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The Darkness Cannot Overcome the Light
The most popular porn of the jav censored are in gossip, over the internet. Having Her plump, cherry red lips are
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She Was the Punk of My Life
Kelli Mayo snarls into the microphone. The girl with fire-pink hair, turquoise leggings, a black skirt, and white tee
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The Billionaire’s Garage Sale
On January 29, 1903, an ambitious 29-year-old named Edward King Gaylord purchased interest in a struggling newspaper
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Conduct Unbecoming Part 2
Yesterday, This Land Press revealed that Tulsa Police Captain Shawn King had engaged in sexual behavior while on duty.
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Outlaw Canon
On first glance, much about Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld is suspect: the absurd length
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Original Okie: Rocky Frisco
He's raced MG's and Mini Coopers, played gigs with the likes of J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton (among dozens of other big
Michael Cooper
Original Okie: Jim Economou
The first thing I noticed about Jim Economou is, at the ripe young age of 80, how much energy he has. I spent a couple
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Original Okie: Benjamin David Lyman
Not too long ago, the Tulsa music scene earned national recognition. Spin Magazine had written about popular local
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Original Okie: Eric Marshall
Eric Marshall is a tall, open guy. With years of experience working at breweries in America and Europe before he came
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Original Okie: Scott Smith
Three years ago, I lived in a dilapidated old yellow house in Crosbie Heights (on the west side of downtown). At the
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Marshall Bell
Tulsans covet hometown celebrities like Hanson, David Cook, Gary Busey and Kristin Chenoweth. But we often overlook
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Megan McKown-Miller
Megan McKown-Miller, former Tulsa Ballet dancer and artistic director/choreographer for Song of the Swimming Sun, an
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Elliot Nelson
In 2004, Elliot Nelson must have been slightly nervous about the business he was opening. That business was James E.
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Original Okie: Ben Kilgore
Ben Kilgore relaxes as he takes a drag off his cigarette. Life is good. Open for a year now, Shoe Gypsy (a store
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Original Okie: Gwendolyn Ransom
It's a Saturday evening at a Brookside coffee house. The atmosphere is pretty relaxed. I'm chatting with an old friend
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The Tulsa State Fair: A Photo Essay
It isn't Fall in Oklahoma until the Tulsa State Fair comes to town. Ranked #21 on Carnival Warehouse's "Top 50 Fairs"
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Grady Walker
Entering the home of Grady Walker is like stepping into another century. As he guided me through several
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Harold Dorsey
When I first encountered Harold Dorsey, he wasn't shining shoes at all. He was sitting high up in the chair usually
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Christopher Mantle
Christopher Mantle's visual work has defined him to most patrons, but his art isn't limited to visual forms. Depending
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Ralph Bendel Jr.
As Ralph Bendel gave me a tour of the gardens at the Philbrook Museum of Art, I came to see the space with a new set of
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Original Okie: Ren Barger
Ren Barger stands in what would be a graveyard of bicycle parts to many--but not to her. Barger finds herself in all of
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Original Okie: Johnny Polygon
It's been an assiduous two years for Tulsa native Johnny Polygon. After making a name for himself in the local rap
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Tom Dittus
Thanks to Tom Dittus, Riverside Drive has never been more bustling with activity--even in the winter. Long-time Tulsa
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Curtis Beckwith
Curtis Beckwith is an artist, political activist, and rare record dealer. You can typically spot him on Saturday
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Chad, Jim, and Hunter Rodgers
Pictured left-to-right: Chad, Jim, and Hunter Rodgers are the three men behind Cain's Ballroom. Jim, a local
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Original Okie: “Cajun” Ed Richard
"Cajun" Ed Richard founded the world-famous Cajun restaurant/specialty meat shop Hebert's, where Louisiana natives have
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Original Okie: Mary Beth Babcock
Mary Beth Babcock is ten pounds of Okie enthusiasm in a five-pound bag. She's the entrepreneur behind Dwelling Spaces,
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Original Okie: Laurie Keeley
Laurie Keeley calls hers artform "yardistry." She's responsible for the eye-catching landscaping and design work you
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Original Okie: Wess Young
Wess Young was only four years old when he survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, but has clear memories of it.
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George Matson
George Matson is a particularly beloved figure in the Southern Hills community, where he spent fifty five years with
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Valentin Esparza
Locked away in a bedroom-turned-workshop is T-Town fashionista Valentin Esparza, whose designs have taken the city by
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Original Okie: David Horne
Eccentric street musician David Horne serenades his beloved companion,
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Original Okie: Andrew Bones
Andrew Bones is a percussionist for several Tulsa-based bands, including The Panda Resistance and
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Original Okie: Grace Grothaus
New Orleans-born, South Carolina-raised Grace Grothaus moved to Tulsa only four years ago, but her influence in the
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Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman
In this installment of True Tulsa, Michael Cooper presents a black and white portrait of the beloved Rabbi Marc
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Tulsa Road Construction Reaches Critical Mass
You’ve probably heard the famous quote “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, just wait five minutes.” Who
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Loves Hate Crimes; Hates Proofreading
It's not that I was overtaken with surprise when I heard about Oklahoma State Senator Steve Russell's thinly veiled
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The Weather
Editor's note: From 2002 to 2006, Brian Byrne delivered the daily weather report on KWGS, the University of Tulsa's
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Letter from London
I've always been very susceptible to other people's slang. If I make a new friend, a month later, I'll have picked up
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Christmas 1987
Christmas 1987 was our first Christmas in the new house. The new house is still the new house, even though my parents
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Jubilee
I made 56 grilled cheese sandwiches the other day at Food and Shelter For Friends (FSFF). This is where I’ve decided
Erin Fore
Malick’s Return to Bartlesville
Rumors are swirling that reclusive filmmaker Terrence Malick will be shooting his next film in Bartlesville. Stars
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The Incredible Career of a Full-Time Indian
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, awards were given out for the seventh annual Tribeca All Access Creative
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Return to Kornfield Kounty: Why Hee Haw Still Matters
THE COUNTER-COUNTERCULTURE It’s been nearly two decades since the world said goodbye to Hee Haw. The show ran
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Buster Keaton Was Not an Okie
Several months ago, I was in New York City for a few days, traveling alone and on a tight schedule. But there was one
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One Long Soundless Scream
Yevgeny Yevtushenko teaches English at the University of Tulsa. His poetry has been translated into 72
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Ripping Up Phonebooks for Jesus
TO THE FIRST ‘POWER’ I remember the tension, the edge-of-the-seat nervousness. I remember wondering which
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Crispin and I on the Fourth of July
On June 1, 2011, I received an email from occasional actor and full-time eccentric, Crispin Glover. At the time it
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The Man, the Myth
I waited too long. I’d known for weeks, if not months, that Bob Dylan was coming to play the historic Cain’s
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Bookstores of the Big Middle
I take vacations based around bookstores. Other attractions (museums, concerts, culinary destinations) certainly factor
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I.M. Pei’s Plan for OKC
In 1964, the renowned architect I.M. Pei created a 10x12 ft. model showing how downtown Oklahoma City might look in
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Tulsa Real Estate Not So Real
Photo: House on Main Street, Tulsa. By Dennis Leech. Last night, a federal tax credit for home buyers expired. The
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An Open Letter to Our Readers
In April of this year, nearly thirty writers, artists, and thinkers collaborated on a publication with the hope that
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Oil Oil Everywhere: Update on Affected Area
The image at left helps you appreciate the extent of the area affected by the BP Oil Spill Geyser. If you relocated
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The Building Downtown
A story is unfolding in Tulsa, right under your nose. It's about a building. You wouldn't know much about it if you
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Oklahoma’s First New Media Company
It's official: This Land Press is now Oklahoma's first New Media company, and we've just hired a veritable dream-team
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Cultivating This Land
It’s been a longstanding Tulsa truism for artists: if you want to be successful, leave. At This Land Press, we’re
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The Seeds of Corruption
The Tulsa Police Department is arguably the most embattled police force in the country. Rocked by a recent corruption
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The Future of Writing is in my Jacket
The following article is excerpted from the book, The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books
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The Bottomless Ache of the Revolution
When I first saw him, Jose Antonio Pantoja Hernández was standing behind a display of several of his paintings. Just
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Behold the Sky
The first time was arbitrary. I was the only early-morning visitor in the art gallery, and a security guard beckoned to
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Father of Fight Club
In 1945, an unassuming black man from Oklahoma City began constructing an intricate book inside a barn in Vermont.
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The Disappearance of Ford Beckman
Editor's note: On Tuesday, November 18, 2014, Ford Beckman, the subject of this story, died at his home in Tulsa. He
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