Suspicious Mind
The November race for Oklahoma’s 3rd Congressional District, which spills out of the Panhandle and fills the western
Matt Lardner
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Swingin’ Mick
Preston Peavy, a baseball hitting coach, uses kinematics in his Atlanta training facility to study the properties
Beau Adams
Taco and Me
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
Tacos El Rinconcito
Under the overpass at I-44 and Yale, past the construction that slowly but surely progresses, the boulevard widens to
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Taking the Wool by the Horns
Mutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom.
Natasha Ball
Taking the Wool by the Horns
Mutton busting is that curiosity tucked between lines of tall letters on rodeo posters, usually toward the bottom.
Natasha Ball
Tami Teeters
Tami Teeters saved three things before her Mannford home was engulfed by a wildfire in August of last year: a pair of
Matt Leach
Taste the State
Oklahoma has its fair share of tourist spots: Several roadside attractions line the highways. There are 35 state parks,
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Tate Brady, the Magic City, and the Dreamland
Tate Brady, as Lee Roy Chapman points out, did a lot of good for Tulsa, but the positives came with lots of negatives.
Alfred L. Brophy
Teaching the Organic
An important, yet often overlooked, dimension of Bruce Goff’s contribution to American architecture was his years
Arn Henderson
Teenage Vengeance
“Wake up.” My sister was shaking my shoulder, and not gently. I opened one eye. According to the clock on my
Jennifer Latham
Ten-Dollar Word
Transcendence? That’s a ten-dollar word, Delbert. But yeah, I’ve got one for you. This happened the summer I was
Steve Garrison
Tent Makers and Prophets
Not all prophets operated with the same proclivities, and so Pentecostal and Baptist officials faced distinct
Darren Dochuck
Terrence Malick’s Bartlesville Home
The former home of Academy Award winnng nominated director of Badlands and Thin Red Line Terrence Malick is located
Lee Roy Chapman
Terror’s Legacy
Mark Freeman Jr. was just across the Kansas line from his 3,500-acre cattle ranch. It was in the early 1950s when he
Jason Christian
Texas: Grasping at Straws
The case gave Justice Kagan a headache. Justice Ginsburg described parts of it as “sketchy,” and Justice Breyer
Ginger Strand
That Tranquil Period
The University of Oklahoma is built on the Permian Redbed Plains. When I arrived, there were only a few buildings of
John Joseph Mathews
That’s Not Funny; You Clowns Don’t Make Me Laugh
The woman in the grocery store on Sunset stopped me in the produce, her claws about my shoulders, to bless me on
Lynn Melnick
The 89ers
The last time I played for a sports team that wasn't digital was in the summer of 1989, if memory serves, in the
Nathan Gunter
The Alternatives: A Lineup of Oklahoma’s Other Voice
Though alternative journalism traces its roots to the muckrakers of the early 1900s, the alternative newsweekly as we
Holly Wall
The Anti-Okie Panic
In the public discourse, the desperate people pouring over the border in search of work were described as an “influx
Thomas Conner
The Artist at Work: Jean-Paul Philippe
Henryetta native Jean-Paul Philippe returns to his Oklahoman roots with a show opening today at Aberson Exhibits. A
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The Athens of the West, 1894
Arnel Plumbly can see it before it happens, and he moves out of the way just in time. The surrey’s wheels hit the
Allison Amend
The Atonement of Christie
Was Nede Wade “Ned” Christie a bloody outlaw or a wrongfully accused Cherokee patriot? That was the question in
Kent F. Frates
The Awareness of Walter White
I grew up in Tulsa, but was raised knowing next to nothing about the Race Riot of 1921. Though I considered myself
Adrian Margaret Brune
The B Side
Since April is National Poetry Month, we’re pleased to run poems by a pair of younger writers who participated in the
Bryonia Liggins
The Ballad of Bob Kerr
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
The Ballad of Sis Cunningham
In late May 1940, Woody Guthrie was riding high in New York City. Although Guthrie had already made a name for himself
Richard Higgs
The Best We Can Do
Last Friday, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan issued a statement addressing This Land Press and its coverage of the
Vincent LoVoi
The Big 12 Stays Intact … Sorta
One of the most gratifying moments of my life as a sports fan came when I was 20 years old, and Oklahoma beat Nebraska
Nathan Gunter
The Big Not So Easy
Don’t believe what you have heard. This ain’t an easy place to live. People warn you when you are new to the
Mark Chandler
The Billionaire’s Garage Sale
On January 29, 1903, an ambitious 29-year-old named Edward King Gaylord purchased interest in a struggling newspaper
Joshua Kline
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
Michael Mason
The Boy and the Band
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 Buckhorn Inn
That-which-regions is an abiding expanse which, gathering all, opens itself, so that in it openness is
David Bearden
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
Michael Mason
The Burden of Being Tate
see brady see brady now a ghost of tulsa’s flitting past wandering the old streets without aim ambition or
Walt Kosty
The Burning Bush
In the aftermath of the Creek County fires—during another triple-digit stretch in an already parched Oklahoma—This
Sheilah Bright
The Catfish Hunter
I stepped carefully into a small, black bass boat with four near strangers, one of them offering his hand to guide
Holly Wall
The Cathedral Cruiser
When GM decommissioned the Parade of Progress, 12 Futurliners went up for sale. We know that a couple of them found
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The Chet Baker of Yale, Oklahoma
I've been listening to Chet Baker’s music as I write. He doesn’t sing on these tracks—though he’s a great
Joe OShansky
The Chicken that Crossed the Road
Headlines, like alarms, rang out: “Historic Bar Burns in Okarche” and “Famous Eischen’s Called Total Loss.”
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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
Joshua Kline
The Condemned Man’s Son
William Clifford Bryson III walked into the viewing room of Oklahoma’s execution chamber clutching his
RJ Young
The Cyclone
It was Sunday afternoon, April 3, 1892, still and sultry, with a black cloud lying ominously back in the west and
Francis Moore Milburn
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
Joshua Kline
The Day Disaster Struck
Watch any television newscast, read any newspaper, and you’ll know that humans are fascinated with catastrophe.
Connie Cronley
The Death of Snail Mail
Jeanie Harris met “Dust Bowl poet” Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel at just the right time: long after she had been
Shawna Lewis
The Deluge
After thirty-four days of rain we wake to mallards navigating the back lawn and four survivor squirrels beached on
Markham Johnson
The Demons
Sing with me, sing for the year, sing for the laughter and sing for the tears. —Aerosmith, “Dream On” Tommy
Eddie Chuculate
The Destructiveness of Partisanship
From the earliest periods of our nation’s history, thoughtful leaders have worried about the dangers posed by
David L. Boren
The Dharmic Dirty Old Man
The following is an interview with Allen Ginsberg originally published by the University of Tulsa’s student newspaper
Jim Edwards
The Dirt Room
She couldn’t resist the photographs online, or the sellers’ description: Adorable Cape Cod with walk-out
Aimee Parkison
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
Michael Mason
The Drexel Building
Located at 319 S. Main, the Drexel Building once housed the local clothiers Renberg's. This location has been etched
Lee Roy Chapman
The Dust Bowl Interviews
In the fall of 2011, hordes of young people set up tent communities in front of government and financial buildings
Amy Gastelum
The Ease of Trout
where the road descends steeply as it twists like gorgeous wreckage and there is always brightness like
Jeffrey Skemp
The Electric Elephant Acid Test
In the spring of 1962, Oklahoma City received a new resident: an adolescent bull elephant named Tusko, brought over
Steve Sherman
The End of Circulars
Editor's note: Buckley's company, Grocio, reported on below, has launched its website. Visit www.grocio.com to learn
Lindsey Neal
The Essence of Forever
I moved off campus my junior year at Long Island University into a second-floor room of a home in the cheerful village
Cheryl Pallant
The Falling
Where I come from, rain is the same thing as love, Falling rarely, and spoken about even less. Daddy tells me the
Preston Wells
The Father of the Yield
The “yield” sign is a common occurrence in the apartment of 91-year-old Veda Riggs. There’s the yellow
Kristi Eaton
The Filth and the Fury
Although Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom later became famous for catching future superstars like U2, The Police, and Van
John Wooley & Brett D. Bingham
The Fine Line of Drunk Driving
One night early in my teenage years my father and uncle commanded me into the back seat of a pickup truck that belonged
Brian Ted Jones
The Forest That Ate Washington Irving
If you’d have talked to Washington Irving the night before he set out from Fort Gibson on his 1832 romp through Green
Natasha Ball
The Forgotten River
From Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany, published October 2012 by Butler Center Books, edited by Jay
Charles Portis
The French Horn and the Fire Escape
(Written while listening to the Andrew Hill Quintet) The French horn strays, then joins with upside-down notes, the
Bill Turley
The Frozen Zone
There is a wonderful yet horrifying scene at the end of The Grey Zone, Tim Blake Nelson’s harrowing film about the
Brian Schwartz
The Full Nelson’s
When I reached the register to pay for my lunch, I explained to Barry Rogers that I was writing a piece about
Claire Spears
The Future of Paper
The avian flu morphs yet again. (Those flu viruses are so adept at evolving.) The pigs had the flu, as did the
Rivka Galchen
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
Michael Mason
The Genesis of Vagabond
In the early 1970s, Tulsa delivered two of the world’s most promising young photographers, Larry Clark and Gaylord
Grant McClintock
The Ghost Dance Religion Among the Cheyenne
From out of the West had come the word that the Great Spirit was going to right the wrongs visited upon His red
Donald N. Brown
The Ghost of Hank Williams Returns to Cain’s Ballroom
The last time, he was sitting on a stump in a cone of yellow light and cigarette smoke, and the bats
Markham Johnson
The Gold and the Glory
When Oral Roberts was 16, afflicted with tuberculosis and convinced he was going to die, a voice came to him out of the
David Fritze
The Gospel of John Lennon
In Search of Lennon's Lost Letter to Oral Roberts In the early 1970s, Oral Roberts’ evangelical TV program was at
Lindsey Neal
The Governor Fiddled While His Prison Burned
The prison print shop was in a two-story building across from male clothing, and above me on the upper floor was the
Mickey Owens
The Grapes of Wrath: A Red Dirt Reprise
In 1962, as John Steinbeck accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature in Sweden, George Girouard scoured Oklahoma creek
Steve Gerkin
The Greatest of Ease
When he was 22—old enough to know better— Anton Von Ostendorf ran away with the circus. A gymnast, ballet
Holly Wall
The Greatest of Wrongs
The initial idea of the compilation of this work was to give the reading public an authentic record of the private life
Geronimo and S.M. Barrett
The Green Glacier
"I saw that the name you put to a thing depended on where you stood and where it stood. And… and here’s the
Kyle Walker
The Hand of Man
On a recent Tuesday morning, around 36 8-year-olds and I were watching a bright yellow longhorn cowfish bob around its
Ginger Strand
The Hawk Is Howling
Eighty-one-year-old Chris Rhodes has been eating the same thing in the same restaurant for 71 percent of his eating
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The Heritage Trees
On a rolling hill, wedged between downtown Tulsa and the mixed residential of Carson Heights, sits a small park with a
Spencer McCoy
The Hills Have Eyes
I climbed the remnants of Standpipe Hill on a recent, windy, early morning with a Wal-Mart canvas chair and a cup of
Steve Gerkin
The History of the Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights
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
The Homestead
The cruiser cab hummed all around WilDer, nearly electric with the energy of corralled students on holiday. Mal, a live
Paige Duke
The Horror in the Ouachita Mountains
This story was made possible in part by our friends at City of Guthrie. Thank you, City of Guthrie, for supporting
James McGirk
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
Jeff Martin
The Indian of Their Dreams
If they hadn’t been square dancing beneath it, I might have ignored it. But there they were, the squares of the
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The Influence of Two Tulsas
In preparation for my first visit to Tulsa, my potential boss reassured me over the phone, “I know what you’re
Lauren Ross
The Intimate Life of Timothy McVeigh
Editor's Note: The 4/15 issue of THIS LAND will offer several remarkable feature articles that shed new light on the
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The Japanese Garden
In 1958 or ’59 when I was sixteen I came up with the idea of replacing my parents’ back yard with a Japanese
Ron Padgett
The King in Okemah
Debbie Keef sat on the sidewalk in her black sweat suit, Elvis Presley’s signature in nail heads on her right hip.
Natasha Ball
The Last Lynching in Cimarron
At the little weather-beaten station one hot Sunday morning a single passenger alighted from the dirty car pulled by
Cyrus Townsend Brady
The Last of Kenton
I have been trying to tell the story of Kenton, the westernmost town in Oklahoma, since last November, when I
Sheilah Bright
The Life and Death of a Choctaw Witch Killer
At the turn of the 20th century, in Holdenville, Indian Territory, Solomon Hotema, a local tribal leader, was tried and
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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
Joshua Kline
The Limits of the Law: Justice Thurgood Marshall in Oklahoma
The words “law” and “justice” fit together like handmaidens. Historically and strategically,
Hannibal B. Johnson
The Lost “Gypsy Society”
Badger sipped coffee in the audience at The Gypsy Coffee House open-mic night for an entire year before he wrote his
Natasha Ball