Literary fiction fans - I've got an incredible conversation for you in Chapter 63 of the Bookcast! I sat down with Rilla Askew to talk about her new short fiction collection that releases later this month from Belle Point Press. #booktwt #readingcommunity buzzsprout.com/1845017/156848…

Check out this trailer for our new record, shot and edited by Nathan Poppe. This record is full of songs about Norman, OK - a pretty good representation of America. Debatable I know, but play it as it lays. ASMC is out Oct 18 on Black Mesa Records youtube.com/watch?v=Fhm0HY…

I appreciate, quite selfishly, the scholars who emerge from behind the "I'm not taking on any new commitments" autoresponder to say yes to reviewing a manuscript.

I spent a year with Wyatt Flores. What I saw became Welcome to the Plains, Wyatt’s debut album. The full story is in Red Dirt Unplugged but today, Rolling Stone excerpted the most important part (free link) rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

After overwhelming success in 2023, my office is partnering again with the Oklahoma Press Association to host seminars on the state’s open meetings and open records laws in five locations across Oklahoma. oklahoma.gov/oag/news/newsr…

Tell me other good twenty-first century office novels.

"The worst part of mourning is realizing that at some point other people no longer care." Chris La Tray quoting a friend in his memoir BECOMING LITTLE SHELL: A LANDLESS INDIAN'S JOURNEY HOME

It's worth a moment to check out Galen's Labor Day piece on Kate Barnard. She helped write the OK Constitution and made enemies while championing public education, juvenile justice, organized labor, and tribal orphans robbed of their allotments. (1/3) kfor.com/news/great-sta…

Out Now! "Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences" edited by Michael Maas and Fay A. Yarbrough. oupress.com/9780806194523/…

"A friend once quipped that every time she's in Great Falls on a weekend the downtown at night is like a ghost town, except maybe one distant figure staggering down the middle of the street yelling things." Chris La Tray, BECOMING LITTLE SHELL: A LANDLESS INDIAN'S JOURNEY HOME

We are really excited to be hiring a new faculty member to join the Environmental Studies Department at Wellesley College. We are looking for someone whose research focuses on environmental justice issues!

I'm so thrilled to partner with Magic City Books to launch #ByTheFireWeCarry on Sept. 10 at Philbrook Museum of Art! It's free! I'll be joined by James Floyd (Muscogee), Rosemary McCombs Maxey (Muscogee), and Philip Tinker (Osage) to discuss the book and the long fight for justice.

Save the Date! If you're in the Norman area on 9/14, head over to the Sam Noble Museum for their Curiousiday: Monarch Marvels starting at 10am! We have it on good authority that Monika Maeckle's new book will be featured along with some other goodies! samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/calendar/curio…

📚✨Calling all authors, poets, illustrators & book designers! The 2025 Oklahoma Book Awards are now accepting entries. Whether your work is about Oklahoma or you have a connection to the state, don’t miss your chance to enter! 📅Deadline: Jan. 8, 2025. 🔗oklahoma.gov/libraries/book…

Love seeing Cate Denial—author of “A Pedagogy of Kindness” from OU Press—quoted prominently in the Chronicle’s coverage of teaching and Gen Z. With Cate kicking things off, Oklahoma’s series is already a destination for accessible books about higher ed: chronicle.com/article/declar…

Perfect back to school reading! And we're only a little bit biased that Cate Denial is a featured source. Thank you for sharing Derek Krissoff and to the The Chronicle of Higher Education for another essential article!

NEWS: OU professor and department chair Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn has been elected president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, becoming the first Indigenous person to serve in this role in the organization's history. link.ou.edu/3MyM5yF | ASHE

The priests of Mars "protected a shield that was believed to have fallen from heaven. They made copies of that one shield, so that nobody would know which of them was authentic and consequently steal it and benefit from its magical powers." From Paul A. Zoch's ANCIENT ROME

"The English word 'manuscript' means 'handwritten' in Latin." From Paul A. Zoch's ANCIENT ROME: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY.