Beauty, Purpose, and Preservation

Contemporary art can be strange and frightening for the uninitiated…

Published on November 25, 2014 18:33.
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New Work in THIS LAND PRESS / Readings

BEAUTY AND PURPOSE: James McGirk traces the stylistic evolution of Native American art through the history of Bacone College. 

TAHLEQUAH WRITER’S CLUB: Guest speaker, 11/15/2014

BUMPKINITIS 12: Guest reader, 11/21/2014

NSU VISITING WRITR SERIES: opening reader for Luc Goebel, 12/05/2014

Published on November 23, 2014 13:44.
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Confidence in Culture

New work in the March 15, 2014 issue of This Land

Published on March 15, 2014 17:51.
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The State that Oil Built

Cover of Dec. 1, 2013 THIS LAND

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Published on December 13, 2013 17:18.
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On Bohemian Life in the Sooner State

 

HOMEWARD BOUND: Tahlequah via Brooklyn: James McGirk writes notes from a screened-in porch in a city that sleeps.

Published on September 16, 2013 10:58.
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Constitutional Crisis

This Land Press cover

Cherokee Nation has what seems to be an unusual fixation with lawyers and writing—at least for an outsider looking in. Cherokee museums are dense with detail about treaties, newspapers, and literacy.

Published on June 5, 2013 12:44.
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Inside the Abattoir

Chevideco, the Belgian horse meat conglomerate, touts a single story in its press section: a taste test held at a west London home was arranged by Sir Peter Bazalgette, who writes a column for the Financial Times and chairs Britain’s Arts Council.

Published on May 2, 2013 17:26.
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