Did you know that an Okie from Muskogee currently reigns as America’s premiere sly and comedic history writer? Or that a seminal novelist in neo-crime noir was born and bred in Anadarko up until his father fled his post as sheriff amid embezzlement charges? Such is the far-flung and colorful nature of an array of […]
The Outsiders
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COVER: Pop-culture portrayals of Oklahoma have improved over the past couple decades
Though the upcoming Steven Spielberg film won’t include OKC as a location, the novel version of Ready Player One is partially set in the city.
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Chicken-Fried News: Stay stone-cold gold
Legendary Oklahoma author S.E. Hinton recently answered a fan’s Twitter question in quite a startling manner.
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Ponyboy puts an emphasis on Oklahoma and pairs with Tower Theatre
A new bar puts an emphasis on Oklahoma and pairs with Tower Theatre.
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Cover Story: Studying the storied history of banning popular literature
“I think one of the quickest ways to get a book read is to ban it,” Cheek said as she worked at Norman Public Library West.
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A hip-hop icon is included in a team of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving The Outsiders house
Danny Boy of House of Pain and La Coka Nostra took interest in the house featured in the 1980s Francis Ford Coppola film.
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Local filmmaker’s vampire series focuses on noir storytelling
Shawn Barfield hopes to begin shooting the pilot for his series In the World of the Long Breath in late July.
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Chicken-Fried News: Boy out of Tulsa
Actor and comedian Bill Hader compared his childhood in Tulsa to that of “an idiot in some book.”
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We were framed
That summer of 1985, when all those college girls were killed by a satanic cult? That’s the summer that changed everything. So argues John Wooley, former Tulsa World journalist and author of the new book “Shot in Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema,” which chronicles the motion pictures made within our borders. While most […]
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BOK to donate land for Oklahoma pop culture museum
One of the biggest question marks was replaced with a period yesterday when Bank of Oklahoma announced that it intends to donate land in that city’s Brady District to the Oklahoma Historical Society for the proposed Oklahoma Museum of Music and Pop Culture, or OK Pop. “It’s a culture in our community to give back,” […]