After writing a spate of reasonably successful—and very autobiographical—novels, James Ellroy and Martin Amis took the cities surrounding them and…
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Moore, OK Tornado Reporting Credits (i.e. not bylines)
16 Minutes Tornado-Ravaged Moore Takes First Steps to Recovery Wrenching Decisions as Tornado Flattens School
Constitutional Crisis
Cherokee Nation has what seems to be an unusual fixation with lawyers and writing—at least for an outsider looking in.…
North Korea’s Nerve War
The Moranbong Band is best imagined as a North Korean version of Celtic Woman: an all-female ensemble band swaddled in…
Inside the Abattoir
Chevideco, the Belgian horse meat conglomerate, touts a single story in its press section: a taste test held at a…
Remote Viewing in the Sooner State
Assuming my issue of EYE SPY, a British glossy devoted to “The Covert World of Espionage,” can be trusted, between…
Remembering Life in Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s Futuristic Desert Utopia
In 1998, James McGirk spent five weeks living and working in Arcosanti, a desert community built in the 1970s that…
The game of (not) life
There is no better analogy for contemporary art than Conway’s Game of Life. This is not the same thing as…
Destination: Oklahoma
Going West is an adventure. Maybe not as much as was when you had to take a covered wagon and…
A Tale of Two Cherokee Chiefs
Tahlequah, Oklahoma is a bucolic swatch of storefronts and brick bungalows nestled among rolling hills and lazy rivers. Situated in…