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J.J. Conley lounges against the cushions of a private room at Lucky’s. He studies his glass of Syrah and takes a sip.
Steve Gerkin
The billboards go up in early November: the flushed cheeks of a Coca-Cola- reminiscent Santa Claus rendered 10 feet
Natasha Ball
I know you were all as anxious as I was to see whether Richard Roberts would pull off an upset win for the Nobel Peace
Matthew Crouch
Woody and Nora Guthrie in Brooklyn, New York. Summer 1950. Courtesy of Nora
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In a world where it’s all about whom you know, Norma Stone had it all. she made her resume from online resume builder
Shawna Lewis
Project Nim opens September 9 at the Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave. Bob Ingersoll will do question-and-answer
Joshua Kline
A similar exterior shot of this house is featured in Larry Clark's 1971 photobook Tulsa. Located in the Cherokee
Lee Roy Chapman
It's punchy this time around! Issue two of This Land will be available for purchase on Monday evening at the Joshua
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When I was three, I choked on an Oscar Meyer wiener and lost consciousness, turned blue, and was ambulanced to the
Sam Harris
His mother said it was Oklahoma that was making him nuts, blaming the whole state when the only place he ever went was
Lori Ostlund
Like a newspaper, a bowl of chili is a stew of unsavory, raw, ragged elements that boil down into a somewhat
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A paved road in rural Oklahoma; on either side, miles of rolling grassland, the grass tall and pale with autumn. My
Gordon Grice
The image at left helps you appreciate the extent of the area affected by the BP Oil Spill Geyser. If you relocated
Michael Mason
It was built to be our state headquarters but ended up being home to Okemah’s Freemasons. Now that
Shawna Lewis
In late March 1963, field minister Arthur 7-X held a press conference in Oklahoma City. Nation of Islam travelers had
James Murray
Oklahoma City native David Plummer had swimfans around the country scratching their heads and asking, "Who?" as he
Nathan Gunter
Part I: New York, 1996 You drop out of college and move to New York, a place you’ve only seen in movies. You
Maya Sloan
The room is dark, despite the noonday sun. Thick curtains have been pulled across the windows. Several people are lined
Joel Vandiver
Each time I painted nails Brilliant Blush, Sparkle Silver, I’d land in the bathroom. Larry the Ladle or
Amy Susan Wilson
Imaginary Oklahoma is an ongoing project in which some of today’s most important and influential writers combine
Alexander Yates
My sadness is heart-achingly Boring And normal; we all feel it: The blue and gold dusk Over a small town. I
Phil Estes
In the spring of 2009, a cohort of evangelical Southern Baptists under the nom du groupe “The Singing Men of
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Sometimes the gore tumbles from the cottonwood trees on the South Canadian River. Those were squirrels that never
Dale Ingram
Prominently in Kansas, and then principally in Oklahoma, towns founded by black trailblazers swelled in the
Hannibal B. Johnson
It's official: This Land Press is now Oklahoma's first New Media company, and we've just hired a veritable dream-team
Michael Mason
From the slightly strange to the downright bizarre, here are Oklahoma’s weirdest festivals and events. God bless our
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Fortunately for its residents and visitors, Oklahoma is made up of a diverse people, representing cultures far and
Molly Evans
The Red 46 flag certainly wasn't the first to fly over Oklahoma, but it was our first official state flag. A model
Emma Nicholas
Many of us retain a vivid memory of the stirring days from the sinking of the battleship Maine, February 15, to the
John Alley
In an unremarkable field north of Route 66 sits a small collection of metal memorabilia, including a cactus, a Martian,
Rhys Martin
On a cool March evening, we set out a sandwich board that read “SHORT ORDER POEMS 1 FOR $5 FRESHLY TYPED &
Timothy Bradford & Chad Reynolds
Everybody knows Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil at a Mississippi crossroads one fateful midnight and gained
Brian Ted Jones
By Molly Evans and Tony Beaulieu Whether it's night or day and something unexpected just happened on the road, and
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko teaches English at the University of Tulsa. His poetry has been translated into 72
Jeff Martin
Driving home tonight, I see Loretta Lynn on a casino billboard & take a left turn to
Benjamin Myers
Opal Clark Moss, 101, grew up at the Sand Springs Children’s Home and published her first book at age 76. Last year,
Sheilah Bright
"Cajun" Ed Richard founded the world-famous Cajun restaurant/specialty meat shop Hebert's, where Louisiana natives have
Michael Cooper
Andrew Bones is a percussionist for several Tulsa-based bands, including The Panda Resistance and
Michael Cooper
Ben Kilgore relaxes as he takes a drag off his cigarette. Life is good. Open for a year now, Shoe Gypsy (a store
Michael Cooper
Not too long ago, the Tulsa music scene earned national recognition. Spin Magazine had written about popular local
Michael Cooper
Bob Wills parades through downtown Tulsa on a September day in 1956. The King of Western Swing celebrates his birthday
Howard Hopkins
Dan Mayo is a painter, photographer, producer and art collector in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this special True Tulsa double
Grant McClintock
Eccentric street musician David Horne serenades his beloved companion,
Michael Cooper
Eric Marshall is a tall, open guy. With years of experience working at breweries in America and Europe before he came
Michael Cooper
Erin O'Dowd is a singer-songwriter from Tulsa who takes her inspiration from nature, history and everyday life. She
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Gary Busey is a toothy-grinned character actor who began his career as a percussionist in his Stillwater-based band,
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New Orleans-born, South Carolina-raised Grace Grothaus moved to Tulsa only four years ago, but her influence in the
Michael Cooper
It's a Saturday evening at a Brookside coffee house. The atmosphere is pretty relaxed. I'm chatting with an old friend
Michael Cooper
If the pop world had a Walk of Fame, Harold Stevenson would hang a four-story painting over his star. He is known as
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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
Michael Cooper
Musician Jimmy "Junior" Markham is one of the caretakers of the Tulsa
Shane Brown
It's been an assiduous two years for Tulsa native Johnny Polygon. After making a name for himself in the local rap
Michael Cooper
The occupations of Lauren Lunsford, a.k.a. Rainbow Girl, are nearly as numerous as the colors in her hair. An
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Laurie Keeley calls hers artform "yardistry." She's responsible for the eye-catching landscaping and design work you
Michael Cooper
Lisa Regan taught herself metalwork with welding tools borrowed from a mechanic friend with an auto body
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Mary Beth Babcock is ten pounds of Okie enthusiasm in a five-pound bag. She's the entrepreneur behind Dwelling Spaces,
Michael Cooper
Michael Wallis is Oklahoma's most famous connoisseur of Route 66 and the American West. His name has appeared on
Terrence Moore
Don't let Officer Kaiser's smile fool you. This Belgian Malinois is known on the Idabel Police Department as "the force
Sheilah Bright
Ren Barger stands in what would be a graveyard of bicycle parts to many--but not to her. Barger finds herself in all of
Michael Cooper
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
Rosetta Funches is the founder and director of the Oklahoma Black Museum and Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City.
Shane Brown
Three years ago, I lived in a dilapidated old yellow house in Crosbie Heights (on the west side of downtown). At the
Michael Cooper
Lortondale resident Shane Hood is the creative director of HOOD design and sits on the board of the Tulsa Foundation
Shane Bevel
Victor Moreland hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he got his start playing professional soccer before coming
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Wess Young was only four years old when he survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, but has clear memories of it.
Michael Cooper
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
Editor's note: This article was originally published in Oklahoma Monthly, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1977. Read "The Stories
Mike Boettcher
The quandary began at check-in. The lady at the ticket counter was convinced Puerto Rico was a different country and I
Russell Cobb
The 27th of May, 1949, was a momentous day for Louis “Speedy” Wiley, my grandfather. In the span of 24 hours, he
Apollonia Piña
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the chapter “Interview with John Millar, Head of the Christian
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Our town typically names streets, schools, sometimes-entire neighborhoods and commercial districts after people who
James O. Goodwin
Nearly every Sunday morning while growing up in northwest Oklahoma City, my father would plop me into a plastic milk
Tamara Lebak
On first glance, much about Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld is suspect: the absurd length
Joshua Kline
He was born Napoleon Blackstone Vann, but ever since he was a little shaver, "Nip" Vann was destined to be a
Andy Taylor
I spend my days surrounded by books. A glorious, beautiful, maddening riot of books--hundreds of thousands of them at
Laura Raphael
The taste of red wine and dark chocolate Swirlin’ together inside my mouth is Like smoke escaping from the
Jenny Sullivan
I check my email before going to bed and find a message from my ex-husband with “Sad News” in the subject line. I
Cheryl Pallant
The first thing I notice upon entering the foyer of the century-old church at 3rd and Trenton is the luminous red and
Joshua Kline
Located one mile north of the city of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Highway 18, this hand-cut native stone structure was built in
Lee Roy Chapman
On October 3, Britain’s IT1 network aired a documentary, Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, in which 10 women
Thomas Conner
Between 1910 and 1960, as the population of the city of Tulsa swelled from 18,000 to 261,000, the world was being
James McGirk
Northern Israel, Christmas Eve, 1988. Phil Kaiser, a Tulsa expatriate and soldier in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces),
Joshua Kline
Pictured here is Phil Borden, president of Bason Real Estate Company, reading This Land at The Amish
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“I was blown away,” Phillip recalls the first day he met Fiawna at the now-closed record store, Mooch and Burn.
Rebekah Greiman
The cartoonist David Simpson, formerly of the alternative publication Urban Tulsa Weekly, has admitted to copying the
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When the tree leaves turn, some folks think of foliage tours. But Oklahoma foodies and chefs look earthward for the
Steve Gerkin
Seven years ago, a group of 20- and 30-somethings set out to infuse Tulsa with "a new kind of energy." And they did.
Holly Wall
I have an almost pathological fear of poets. Well, not all poets. I developed my phobia in a graduate poetry
Carol Johnson
When I first came to Tulsa 53 years ago, I had little thought about poetry. In my arms was a ten-day old baby, on my
Francine Ringold
POETRY AND THE NEWS by Scott Gregory 1. There’s a long poem by William Carlos Williams (from late in his
Scott Gregory
You can love a machine and think poetry is not for you. But if you love a machine, you already love poetry. A few
Shaun Perkins
Harold Stevenson is a tiny 84-year-old man wearing a knit shirt with a frayed collar. He lives in a log cabin nestled
Steve Sherman
Michael Mason has started something big. And it all began with two pork bellies. Several months ago, when This Land
Vincent LoVoi
The artifacts arrived in a truck at the back door of Gilcrease Museum, shipped there in cardboard boxes. They’d been
Natasha Ball
The following is an excerpt from Michael Wallis' Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd which comes out
Michael Wallis
On February 11, 1932, a Tulsa Police Department armored truck pulled up to the house at 513 East Young Street in Tulsa.
Lee Roy Chapman
The Inside Story of the Oklahoman Behind the Biggest Military Intelligence Leak Ever Editor's note: Since it was
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Today it’s a guy hawking prophecies on the 4 train. Strides into the car at the Brooklyn Bridge stop, white
John Brehm
The first time I watched the stop-motion comedy A Town Called Panic, I was alone in my bedroom. I did not laugh. It
Joshua Kline
James “Robbie” Risner started life in rural Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, in the 1920s. His destitute family left the
Steve Gerkin