Dear Oklahoma
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 12: Julie Pearson Little Thunder - A Southern Fantasia
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, which was recorded remotely in November 2020, we meet playwright and Native theater scholar, Dr. Julie Pearson Little Thunder, and ta...
Episode 11; Dear Tulsa - Rilla Askew
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rilla Askew, author of four novels, a book of stories, and a collection of creative nonfiction, reads her essay "Dear Tulsa," which f...
Episode 10: Karl Jones - Silver Star
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode, Tulsa Artist Fellow Karl Jones reads from his memoir-in-progress at Curiosity Fest, a daylong festival celebrating literature, h...
Episode 9: Teresa Miller - Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode, we kick off the second season of Dear Oklahoma and celebrate Teresa Miller's induction into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. T...
Episode 8: John Andrews - A Reason to Stay
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Dear Oklahoma, Season 1, poet John Andrews, author of Colin Is Changing His Name (Sibling Rivalry Press) and a 2018 Oklahoma B...
Episode 7: Chris Murphy - Annual Report of the Seasons
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris Murphy, whose fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast, This Land Press, The Jellyfish Review, decomP, The Tulsa Voice, among other p...
Dinah Cox - The Old-Fashioned Way
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll hear Dinah Cox, author of the award-winning short fiction collection Remarkable (BOA editions), read a story about Ross and Har...
Episode 5: Hannibal Johnson - What If
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, author Hannibal Johnson shares a poem and an essay that addresses what's necessary to improve Oklahoma's relationship with diversity ...
Episode 4: Clem Heard - Know You
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, poet Clem Heard, a 2018 Tulsa Artist Fellow for the Literary Arts, reads a piece he created especially for our podcast. Clem, a New O...
Episode 3: Kate Strum - Spiritual Affliction
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kate Strum reads her Pushcart Prize-nominated essay, "Spiritual Affliction: A Thank You Note to Oklahoma." Lindsey and Emily talk to ...
Episode 2: Brandon Hobson - Terlingua
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson reads from his new novel-in-progress, Terlingua, live at Soul City Gastropub in Tulsa, Ok...
Episode 1: Deborah J. Hunter - Nothing Stays Buried Forever
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, poet and actor Deborah J. Hunter reads two poems based on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that she wrote and performed in Tara Brooke Wa...
Episode 0: Introducing Dear Oklahoma
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Emily and Lindsey chat with Kelly Burley from KOSU radio about the premise for Dear Oklahoma, its mission, and the upcoming season. E...