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Troll Debuts New Bridge

This is what you get when you chase engagement at all costs.

July 1, 2026

Mark Singer Thought Something Was Profoundly Wrong With Tulsa

The late New Yorker contributor coined the phrase “Okiesmo” to describe the charisma and hubris of our state’s oilmen.

June 26, 2026

The Obscure Sci-Fi Author Who Became Tulsa’s Tall-Tale Biographer

R.A. Lafferty captured a city that doesn’t really exist anymore. And maybe never even existed at all.

Tulsa’s Weird Basketball Venues That I Have Known

A lifetime of TU basketball means rare underdog runs, fiery coaches and courts that doubled for rodeo competitions.

April 6, 2026

Welcome To Goff Week

We’re celebrating Tulsa's wild wizard of modernism with a full slate of stories

March 3, 2026

Tom McCarthy On The Goffness Of Tulsa Club

Tulsa was once on the cutting edge, and Bruce Goff was a big reason why

March 3, 2026

Tulsa High Schools Used To Have Open Lunches. Then I Got Shot At A Wendy’s.

Reminiscing on one of the most important days of my life, 32 years ago now

February 12, 2026

There’s No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates 

One of the great historians of the Tulsa Race Massacre has some lessons for this moment

February 5, 2026

Searching For Simón Bolívar At Tulsa’s Plaza Of The Americas

A look back on a rare visit from the president of Venezuela in 1991 underscores how much American politics, oil and Tulsa have all changed since.

February 3, 2026