{"id":81,"date":"2019-01-04T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeproots.library.okstate.edu\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T14:32:19","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deeproots.library.okstate.edu\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Oklahoma<\/a>, a 12 episode podcast brought to you by the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program<\/a> at the OSU Library, the Center for Poets and Writers at OSU-Tulsa<\/a>, and KOSU radio features writers who engage Oklahoma themes in their works.<\/p>\n

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Episode 0<\/span> <\/div>
Dear Oklahoma<\/div>

In this episode, Emily and Lindsey chat with Kelly Burley from KOSU radio about the premise for the show, its mission, and the upcoming season. Emily and Lindsey explain how they ended up covering the Oklahoma Teacher\u2019s Walkout in 2018 and reflect on what it means to inspire the next generation of Oklahoma writers. <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen. <\/p><\/div>

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Episode 1<\/span> <\/div>
Deborah J. Hunter<\/div>

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 Watkins\u2019 play, \u201cTulsa 21: Black Wall Street.\u201d Lindsey and Emily talk to Deborah about what it means to confront this violent and hidden moment of Oklahoma\u2019s history through poetry. <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 2<\/span> <\/div>
Brandon Hobson<\/div>

In this episode, National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson reads from his new novel-in-progress, Terlingua, live at Soul City Gastropub in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brandon chats with Lindsey and Emily about his reasons for setting stories in small-town Oklahoma and discusses his explorations of Native identity and gender in his works.<\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen. <\/p><\/div>

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Episode 3<\/span> <\/div>
Kate Strum <\/div>

In this episode, Kate Strum reads her Pushcart Prize-nominated essay, \u201cSpiritual Affliction: A Thank You Note to Oklahoma.\u201d Lindsey and Emily talk to Kate about the meaning of home, why the poetry of Simon Ortiz matters, and the occasional hazards of telling neighbors that you\u2019re a writer. <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 4<\/span> <\/div>
Clem Heard<\/div>

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 Orleans native, talks to Lindsey and Emily about food and poetry, finding balance in one\u2019s writing life, and the advice he has for those who are getting to know Oklahoma.   <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 5<\/span> <\/div>
Hannibal Johnson<\/div>

In this episode, author Hannibal Johnson shares a poem and an essay that addresses what\u2019s necessary to improve Oklahoma\u2019s relationship with diversity and inclusion. Hannibal talks to Lindsey and Emily about our shared humanity, the power of asking \u201cwhat if,\u201d and he emphasizes the importance of making people feel valued and respected. <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 6<\/span> <\/div>
Dinah Cox<\/div>

In this episode, we\u2019ll hear Dinah Cox, author of the award-winning short fiction collection Remarkable (BOA editions), read a story about Ross and Harriet, who find love, sort of, in \u201cThe Old-Fashioned Way.\u201d Dinah gives Lindsey and Emily her take on writing Oklahoma stories, creating characters with an \u2018Oklahoma neighbor voice,\u2019 and putting small town strife to good use in her fiction.    <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 7<\/span> <\/div>
Chris Murphy<\/div>

In this episode, fiction author Chris Murphy shares a piece called, \u201cAn Annual Report of the Seasons,\u201d that is both moving and timely. Chris, a native of the Boston area, gives Lindsey and Emily his impressions of the Oklahoma weather, explains why he loves firefly season in Tahlequah, and mentions that he likes writing late at night with the window open (weather permitting, of course).  <\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 8<\/span> <\/div>
John Andrews <\/div>

Poet John Andrews, author of Colin Is Changing His Name (Sibling Rivalry Press) and a 2018 Oklahoma Book Award finalist, reads a poem he created for our podcast and tells us the reason he stays in Oklahoma. John chats with Lindsey and Emily about his experiences as a gay man in Oklahoma and shares how he reconnected with the man who would become his husband after moving to Stillwater.<\/p>

Click the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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Episode 9<\/span> <\/div>
Teresa Miller <\/div>

In this live episode, we celebrate Teresa Miller\u2019s induction into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. This induction ceremony features a conversation with Rilla Askew and Teresa Miller. Special guest P.C. Cast, who is a number one New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, introduces Rilla and Teresa and explains why Teresa has been instrumental to her successful writing career.<\/p>

Click on the link below and take a listen.<\/p><\/div>

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