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every evening after the six o’clock i ate dinner, something fast, sitting at the desk. eight tv screens, three
Quraysh Ali Lansana
I stood in front of my closet. Do I select a t-shirt with a likeness of Captain Malcolm Reynolds of Firefly? Or two
Grace Gordon
I wept into the sea; it did not overflow. (Buddhist meditation) Spread out over a great
Kyle Erickson
This is the first installment of a three-part series about Oklahoma's water wars, starting with the edition of This
Ginger Strand
The quiet and well-mannered 19-year-old from Commerce, Oklahoma, was on an exponential rise to the top of the
Jacob Bohannon
Preston Peavy, a baseball hitting coach, uses kinematics in his Atlanta training facility to study the properties
Beau Adams
Having finished a midday meal on their small kitchen stoves, a group of Native athletes walked from the
Steve Gerkin
The University of Oklahoma is built on the Permian Redbed Plains. When I arrived, there were only a few buildings of
John Joseph Mathews
Mary Popkess marched into the Sand Springs football stadium under a full head of steam. She made straight for the
Anne Barajas Harp
You are the cat most like I was as a girl with a soft coat, fine reflexes, fresh eyes. I sat on many porches,
Jane Vincent Taylor
I have been trying to tell the story of Kenton, the westernmost town in Oklahoma, since last November, when I
Sheilah Bright
Edwin spotted them the moment he stepped off the train. There were dozens of folks here to meet the Atlantic and
Louise Farmer Smith
Ferris O’Brien is an Okie music enthusiast and owner of the independent radio station “The Spy” in Oklahoma
Nathan Poppe
In the aftermath of the Creek County fires—during another triple-digit stretch in an already parched Oklahoma—This
Sheilah Bright
There was a time when waste was dumped in the streets of our cities, chamber pots were emptied out windows, and trash
Drew Edmondson
On a rolling hill, wedged between downtown Tulsa and the mixed residential of Carson Heights, sits a small park with a
Spencer McCoy
In June of 2010 I landed in Nairobi, Kenya and was immediately taxied to a mall in Westlands, a posh Nairobi suburb.
Steve Sherman
The events of the last decade have caused Oklahomans to view water resources in three crucially new ways. These new
Miles Tolbert
Oklahoma's Water Wars Pit the City Versus the Country, the State Against the Tribes. While the Parties Do Battle in
Ginger Strand
A triumvirate of sad-eyed raccoons lounging on the roof of an apartment building in Stillwater benignly
T. Allen Culpepper
Mikey Burnett fought for The Lion’s Den, among the earliest teams to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Brandon Scott
There is a small half-bowl of beachfront on the Pacific Ocean in San Luis Obispo County, California, know to the locals
Ron Honn
I stepped carefully into a small, black bass boat with four near strangers, one of them offering his hand to guide
Holly Wall
I first noticed it in 1973, when I was working at Harrah’s Tahoe, the populist casino that bussed in hundred of white
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The first time I met Alex Cockburn we were staying in The Tower, the beautiful box of light Alex had built on the
Sheryl Chard
Just as we were enduring week after blazing week of drought and conflagration and hell-worthy heat in our part of the
John Wooley
This is the third installment of a three-part series about Oklahoma's water wars, starting with the edition of This
Ginger Strand
My first sight on entering Camp Tom Hale—three hours southeast of Tulsa, off County Road 249—was a white pickup
Gene Perry
From “Dams on the Grand River,” originally published in the Fall 1948 edition of The Chronicles of Oklahoma.
W.R. Holway
Tino Tudisco does tailoring and alteration in his shop in the Sinclair Building on Bartlett Square in downtown Tulsa. A
Jeremy Charles
My freshman year roommate was a five-foot-one Korean-American via Seoul, Los Angeles, and New York. She had never
Claire Spears
John I. Jenkins is the President of Notre Dame University. Here, he delivers the 2012 Commencement Address to Wesley
John I. Jenkins
Even though final votes are still months away from being cast and counted in the 2012 elections, Oklahoma is about to
Jim Myers
From the earliest periods of our nation’s history, thoughtful leaders have worried about the dangers posed by
David L. Boren
From River Republic: The Rise and Fall of America's Rivers by Daniel McCool, published by Columbia University Press and
Daniel McCool
me and my best friend k.t. hurtled down chug holed roads in her green Gran Torino, racing almost as fast as our doped
Jeanetta Mish
Jim Bridenstine leaned back in a swivel desk chair, a green flight jacket zipped over his dress shirt and tie, the wall
Holly Wall
Little Rock was shell-shocked. It was July of 1960, and in the past year, five bombings had terrorized the city’s
Lee Roy Chapman
Tales of the Dust Bowl years recall an era punctuated by the absence of water. In reality, it was a combination of
Amy Hardberger
The following is an excerpt from Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline,
This Land
Throughout history, American army generals have faced bitter defeats before achieving their greatest military triumphs.
Joe Medina
At the turn of the 20th century, in Holdenville, Indian Territory, Solomon Hotema, a local tribal leader, was tried and
This Land
The 1970 Cole’s Cross Reference Directory—an avocado-green volume in the corner of the fourth floor of Central
Natasha Ball
Lifted their bikes up- side down above their thousand heads and cheered locked the grid blocked the
John Brehm
When I was 14, I began a passionate love affair with William Faulkner. As you might expect in such an unusual
Laura Raphael
I'm not much of a Facebook person. Most of the time, I passively scroll through status updates while avoiding doing
Russell Cobb
Walla Walla--The Lost Weekenders were seated on the lawn, awaiting instruction, when their leader emerged from the
This Land
Several months ago, I was in New York City for a few days, traveling alone and on a tight schedule. But there was one
Jeff Martin
I was twelve years old when it happened, in the 7th grade, attending Victory Christian School on 71st Street in South
Randy R Potts
A 7th-grade Clyde Lofton Jr. built a world to himself on the banks of Mingo Creek out behind his south Tulsa
Ray Davis
The story of Robert S. Kerr begins in the sticks and ends in the stars. Born in a tiny, log cabin near the trading post
Steve Gerkin
We picked up Robert last because he lived closest to the highway, my friend following a white car to the small house at
Jennifer Westbrook
From The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future by Senator James Inhofe, published by
James Mountain Inhofe
This photo is among those in the collection of Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett. The collection of negatives was salvaged
Howard Hopkins
Again I slid up over the horizon and the lights of Tulsa spread flat out before me. “Ah, there you are,” I
Ron Padgett
A single bat represents one out of every four or five mammals on earth. The Mexican free-tailed bat is the speedster of
Natasha Ball
As an orphan, Billy James Hargis was an outsider from birth. Imagining the first time his adoptive mother saw him in
Stanton Doyle
Shortly after World War II, Billy James Hargis came barreling down from the Arkansas hills—all 6 foot 6 inches and
Russell Cobb
Joe Brainard made art the way some might obsess over a lover: in an all-consuming frenzy and for hours on
Holly Wall
J.M. Hall, the often-called Father of Tulsa who partnered with his brother H.C. in the early 1880s to build Tulsa’s
Natasha Ball
Freddie smiled to himself as he drove past the country club and turned into his Southern Hills neighborhood after
Laurence J. Yadon
Some places are lonelier than others, and the place he’d found himself on this particular night was the most solitary
Chris Sandel
Spring The wallows are full. Egrets range on bison backs --- colors rise
Erin Glanville Brown
My mother’s brothers married odd birds. Frances was a wild-eyed zany with a voice like a trapped cat and a way of
This Land
At first glance, the photos appear to tell the whole story. Here is Drake halfback/quarterback Johnny Bright,the first
Russell Cobb
It was a nitrate negative that marshaled an august tribute for its 2012 re-release—and a movie poster of the finest
Adrian Margaret Brune
Clea Alsip was born and raised in Tulsa and went to Booker T. Washington High School. She received her bachelor's
Deborah Lopez
If you look at the radar images, hurricanes look like tornadoes on growth hormones, making twisters back home resemble
Sarah Graalman
For a moment, try to imagine our city without the Cain’s Ballroom. Now also consider downtown Tulsa without the
Walt Kosty
“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.” —Diogenes Laertius, 3rd Century Greek
Aaron Cord Siemers
“What ya thinking about?” Nick said with a yawn. “Oklahoma.” “Oklahoma? Why?” “Cuz, this reminds
Jason D. Westenburg
Anthony McDermid is a founding principal at TAP Architecture and has been living in Oklahoma for 35 years. His efforts
Nathan Poppe
The taste of red wine and dark chocolate Swirlin’ together inside my mouth is Like smoke escaping from the
Jenny Sullivan
A mimosa is a simple drink. Combine three parts champagne to one part orange juice in a champagne flute and brunch
Jennie Lloyd
When I walk into Ray’s Tailor Shop, I immediately notice the ordered disorder of the two-room store. Directly in
Michael Berglund
After the backhoes and bulldozers had left, all that was standing were the trees. But if the trees could talk, they’d
Jeremy Bailey
My sadness is heart-achingly Boring And normal; we all feel it: The blue and gold dusk Over a small town. I
Phil Estes
On October 3, Britain’s IT1 network aired a documentary, Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, in which 10 women
Thomas Conner
Sterlin Harjo photographs Lawton Native N. Scott Momaday, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with his 1969
Sterlin Harjo
From Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany, published October 2012 by Butler Center Books, edited by Jay
Charles Portis
Nobody re-reads better than Charles Portis. In fact, nobody re-re-reads better than Portis. Thus, having his
Robert Dumont
Seventies’ Tulsa was the era of musical gurus and barefoot mystics. It was the boomers’ golden era and time has
Lindsey Neal Kuykendall
Where I come from, rain is the same thing as love, Falling rarely, and spoken about even less. Daddy tells me the
Preston Wells
Out off Aspen Avenue, deep in the tree streets of Broken Arrow, a very typical three-bedroom, single-family unit is
This Land
Co-written by Ron Honn & Heather Lindsey. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him: “Where are
This Land
With as much time on the road as I spend, it’s not unusual to come back home to Tulsa and be asked for vacation
Aric S. Queen
artificer n. 1. a skilled craftsman 2. a clever or inventive designer 3. (Military) a serviceman trained in
Tim Brown
So, you want to be a milk maid, eh?” Elmer, the eldest in the 80-and-over club, says to me from his window seat at
Samantha Joelle Honey Lamb
Others have book fests, opera and garden expos. We have gun shows. Ammo. Freedom and now more freedom: open
Jane Vincent Taylor
Conservative Oklahomans wear it as a badge of honor. Their state is the “reddest of the red,” a moniker earned
This Land
The following is an excerpt from Me Head: Q: Why is it called “French” kissing and not “Nigerian” kissing or
Dr. Gene Fitzgerald
Ten years ago, I helped a group of kids string up a dozen cane poles in an effort to put them in touch with nature in
Beau Adams
The Long Form Lives! As This Land editors, Michael Mason and Mark Brown are (literally) professional readers.
This Land
2012: One Man's Take on the Year in Pop Music Modern Rock Classic: Tame Impala, Lonerism Every few years in
Doug Schulte
Written by Larry White and Michael Canter. After reviewing the following retrospective regarding the top
This Land
Vince from This Land came by the other day, pulled my head out of the Tulsa music scene clouds, handed me Schulte's
Brian Fontaine
What is it about music fans and lists? Music fans that have a need, or perhaps a preoccupation, to let you know about
Scott Booker
The following is an excerpt from Me Head: George is a Summer, so there were some major no-no’s right off the bat.
Taylor Russet
Video producers/directors Matt Leach and Sterlin Harjo recommend a few memorable views from the
This Land
The quandary began at check-in. The lady at the ticket counter was convinced Puerto Rico was a different country and I
Russell Cobb