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It’s not every day that the average Oklahoman gets to see an elephant raise a circus tent. Even photographer Kenneth
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It’s not every day that the average Oklahoman gets to see an elephant raise a circus tent. Even photographer Kenneth
Rosie LoVoi
The light from our candles makes coronas in the mist as a breeze threatens to blow them out. He bought them at the
Matt Hollrah
The woman in the grocery store on Sunset stopped me in the produce, her claws about my shoulders, to bless me on
Lynn Melnick
Any bride-to-be wants to celebrate her last days of freedom together with her friends. within the future"> at some
Ivan Pickard
Everyone who knew him called him Taco. I didn’t know him. I called him Pat. It was 1997 when I met him. He was a
Collin Hinds
On April 30, 2010, a team of lawyers and process servers arrived at the campus of Oklahoma Christian University (OCU)
Collin Hinds
Musician Jimmy "Junior" Markham is one of the caretakers of the Tulsa
Shane Brown
R.L. Hedgecoke, a Cherokee/Scots-Irish/Metis-Canadian/English World War II veteran, lives in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He grew
Shane Brown
Randall Gabrel moved his oil and gas firm to Woodward, Oklahoma, four years ago to be closer to his mother after his
Shane Brown
Rosetta Funches is the founder and director of the Oklahoma Black Museum and Performing Arts Center in Oklahoma City.
Shane Brown
Rilla Askew was born in the San Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, a place she's noted for its harshness and
Shane Brown
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke lives with her mustangs, dogs, and 92-year-old father in an old rock house just south of
Shane Brown
Irena Kendrick was born February 5, 1976, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She immigrated to Oklahoma, by way of Germany, as
Shane Brown
People said it to me as an aside, as if they didn’t want anyone else to hear. Like they were attending the funeral of
Jeff Kauffman
Brett Mckay is the creator of The Art of Manliness, a Tulsa-based blog that proves to more than 2 million readers each
Paul McEntire
you’re too much waist in time. you’ve been renting a room in the wrong house and your bill was late. you’re
Mia Wright
You have to push pretty hard to puncture animal skin. The goat was dead, but its lungs still had breath. I thought I
Spring Houghton
Baptism is usually a fairly traditional ceremony. It involves a baptismal, a preacher, and a person who has made a life
Isaiah Sheese
When you must leave a place you have loved, even if you never called it home, you are grateful that you inherited a
Jennifer Westbrook
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
Men had taken back up the much-sung practice of stepping out for smokes and never returning home, and it seemed all
John Brandon
Johnny Rotten, lead singer of the Sex Pistols, performing in Tulsa. The Cain's Ballroom is the only venue graced by the
Tom Dutton
As I puzzled over the position of Karma, a bony waitress at a roadside café swept up all my change and explained how
Caleb Puckett
On that fateful night in 1935 when God first promised to heal Dad of tuberculosis, God also spoke to him, albeit
Roberta Roberts Potts
"We may be indifferent to the death penalty and not declare ourselves either way so long as we have not seen a
Kelly Kurt
One. Heart melts into ink. Burns in the Arctic eternal night. Melts snow to drips. One. Drip drips down
Nicklaus Faith
Frank Roubedeaux takes part in an Otoe-Missouria pow-wow. In 1855, the Otoe-Missouria people were confined to a
Alexis Newton
Mike Turnbaugh, taking his turns at Tulsa Glassblowing Studio on Brady Street, delicately manages a 2000-degree piece
Alexis Newton
Doug Rucker teaches fourth grade at Tulsa's Eliot Elementary, where he’s been for 20 years. He paints murals under
Alexis Newton
There’s an app for Shawnee, Oklahoma. On Android-powered smartphones, on iPhone or iPad, or on a mobile web browser
Michael D. Bates
Just north of downtown Tulsa there is a vast empty area, about a half-mile long by a third of a mile wide. This
Michael D. Bates
Rideshare services like Uber or Lyft are most often seen as a substitute for a taxicab—a safe ride home after a night
Michael D. Bates
I met Anthony in Jerusalem in March 2002, when he was a reporter at the Boston Globe. He, like many journalists and
Timothy Fadek
as wages stagnate up store square feet sore from eight days a weak excuse for profit margins measure of time out
Melody Charles
We walked into the smoky bar, and there wasn’t a man in sight. Country music played through the speakers, and a
Kerry Cohen
I thought my childhood was pretty normal until I started telling people about it. I thought, for instance, it was
Matt O'Meilia
One of the benefits—or curses, depending on your viewpoint—of archiving is that, over the years, you accumulate a
Steve Todoroff
During the many decades of research for Longhair Music: The Songs & Sessions of Leon Russell, one of my more
Steve Todoroff
A lot of eyewitnesses believe they spotted a suspect the government never found in the Oklahoma Bombing. Is he out
Gerald Posner
"Pa Taken with Oklahoma Fever" is how my great-grandmother described her father's obsession with the exodus. He'd
Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson
It all started at the Dale Clark Lumber Supply store at Utica Square in the fall of 1972. “I saw him when I was
Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson
If you were lucky enough to see Levon Helm & the Barn Burners on tour in this region a few years ago, you probably
Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson
"The Masons came down in pairs, erect and orderly,” wrote Welborn Hope, “until at the foot their Worshipful Master
Tamara Logsdon Hawkinson
Wіth oil рrісеѕ оn thе rise, аutоmаkеrѕ аrе eager tо provide drіvеrѕ wіth fuеl еffісіеnt
Richard Higgs
When Joe and I crossed the Oklahoma line, from Texas, still well before dawn, I let out a long sigh of relief. Almost
Richard Higgs
“Tell all the people that Alex Posey is out here and about to be drowned and to come out and bring about three or
Richard Higgs
He showed his anger in fantastic play of lightning, and thunder that crashed and rolled among the hills; in the wind
Richard Higgs
Susie, who was weed-eating along the sanctuary fence line, recognized Barbara Miller Byrd’s SUV when Byrd and her
Richard Higgs
About eight miles northeast of Pawnee, Oklahoma, is Skedee, a six-block, don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it ghost of a town.
Richard Higgs
One morning in 1974, not long after his father’s death, Mike Day was sitting in his parents’ Okmulgee living room
Richard Higgs
I. When I heard the shots—two quick bursts of three—I realized I’d lost track of my dog. A pickup about 300
Richard Higgs
In late May 1940, Woody Guthrie was riding high in New York City. Although Guthrie had already made a name for himself
Richard Higgs
Before Leon Russell got ahold of it, the building was called the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Russell and
Lindsey Neal Kuykendall
Seventies’ Tulsa was the era of musical gurus and barefoot mystics. It was the boomers’ golden era and time has
Lindsey Neal Kuykendall
It all started with my great-great-great-grandpa, James Taylor, who moved to Big Pasture Indian Territory—now Cotton
Jeremy Charles
Chad Cagle is a husband, father of two, pilot, vice president at SemGroup, and one of the top Category 1 racers in the
Jeremy Charles
Tino Tudisco does tailoring and alteration in his shop in the Sinclair Building on Bartlett Square in downtown Tulsa. A
Jeremy Charles
Vicki Roberts is proprietress of Black Mesa Bed & Breakfast, a 1910 native rock ranch house on a working cattle
Jeremy Charles
Reverend G. Calvin McCutchen Sr. is pastor emeritus of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Tulsa. After the church was
Jeremy Charles
In 1935, at age 14, Gunther Renberg emigrated from Germany, changed his name to Kenneth, and settled in Enid, Oklahoma,
Jeremy Charles
Agnes Taylor’s family album is full of hardscrabble farmers, war heroes, and football champions—she’s a
Jeremy Charles
Shantelle Jennings talks about seeing her father and mother in Larry Clark's Tulsa: He’s on the cover.
Shantelle Jennings
Editor's Note: Names of victims have been changed. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord
Kiera Feldman
The fall of the first family of televangelism came swiftly. Two Oral Roberts Ministries employees crouched on a desk
Kiera Feldman
Luckily, She was there to take his order. Or he wouldn’t have gotten any coffee. Luckily, There was that
Eli Wright
In preparation for my first visit to Tulsa, my potential boss reassured me over the phone, “I know what you’re
Lauren Ross
There’s this sports bar in New York City with for-shit food called Stillwater that has been visited for a decade by
Sarah Graalman
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott strutted on stage. Not like a pimp, or someone with a chip on his shoulder, but as a man
Sarah Graalman
If you look at the radar images, hurricanes look like tornadoes on growth hormones, making twisters back home resemble
Sarah Graalman
Burkhard Bilger suffers from an incipient case of wanderlust. After nearly 14 years writing features for the New
Sarah Graalman
Kerry Noble was one of the founders of the Covenant, Sword and Arm of the Lord, a cult paramilitary group with
Kerry Noble
The explosions are always real. Small wheels turn tighter. These stark prairie towns keep the eyes and bones close
Laura Brandenburg
David Holt is a state senator from Edmond who was instrumental in the relocation of the Thunder NBA basketball team to
David Holt
Jorge “George” Aguilar doesn’t seem different than I remembered from a year ago. His tan face is fuzzy on my
Jimmy Carter
My father built a shadow box for me and filled it with memories. I often picture what he must have looked like while
Bradford Hill
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
Editor’s Note: This story is excerpted from Dan’s War on Poverty: A Grassroots Crusade for Social Justice, by Ann
Ann Patton
Fifty years ago, 5-year-old Edward Fite was playing with a cap pistol on a limestone ledge overlooking the Illinois
Ann Patton
House of all day; house on the sea, of doors no one knew how to enter; house of small country and green, green land;
Karen Alayna Thimell
An American racer from TT1 rides just behind a member of the Rwandan national team in Stage 6 of the seven-stage Tour
John Wendle
There are two high schools off of I-35 that are just about the same size. The first is 45 minutes out of downtown
Alexander Yates
Imaginary Oklahoma is an ongoing project in which some of today’s most important and influential writers combine
Alexander Yates
During the height of radio drama broadcasts, shows originated from urban areas where technology, actors, writers,
Bret Jones
The man with the shaggy hair was the keyboardist, Derek. He led us backstage into a dressing room where a bunch of guys
Olivia Edwardes
My mother, Ruth Elaine McMaster, was born into music. Her grandfather Rufus was the deacon at John Brown University in
Jim Downing
This poem was recorded by the Library of Congress at a migrant farmer’s camp in California in the late 1930s. Before
Roy Turner
It’s easy to want to idolize Woody Guthrie. The guy was an adventurer, a wandering bard with a soft spot for
Matthew Carney
That-which-regions is an abiding expanse which, gathering all, opens itself, so that in it openness is
David Bearden
It was hot as hell. And it was July in Tulsa and I was on the wrong side of town. At least that’s what my friends
Renzi Stone
What is on the train rolling through my city so important the conductor sounds the whistle every other second from
Chad Reynolds
A famous architect just passed me. He wore a ponytail and turned the steering wheel with one hand. Maybe he was
Chad Reynolds
In the morning, he examines her. Though she is nineteen to his thirty-two, Don finds her garish in the clean light.
Whitney Ray
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
Sterlin Harjo photographs Lawton Native N. Scott Momaday, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with his 1969
Sterlin Harjo
I wept into the sea; it did not overflow. (Buddhist meditation) Spread out over a great
Kyle Erickson
The quiet and well-mannered 19-year-old from Commerce, Oklahoma, was on an exponential rise to the top of the
Jacob Bohannon
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
Others have book fests, opera and garden expos. We have gun shows. Ammo. Freedom and now more freedom: open
Jane Vincent Taylor
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