Culture
‘Can’t get enough’ of intoxicating songs and sights
I Can’t Get Enough Of It
By Ndaba Sibanda
Please, please
take me there,
Let me lose myself to it,
Let me have a feel, a blast,
Let me tuck...
Of bookstores and ignorance: ‘How do you know?’
I read it in a letter to the editor of what used to be called a “journal of opinion” — a letter concerning an...
A Country Girl’s Cry: ‘Nobody gives her tears justice’
A Country Girl's Cry
by Bipin Khatiwada
Down a country road,
She walks with clumsy steps
With mystery on her face.
She goes to town to stitch fabrics,
And is paid...
Does Oklahoma care about native son Charlie Christian?
It's rare that we will greenlight a question headline on NonDoc, but it's also rare that we directly advocate for a public body to...
Zua: ‘It is his people’s time to come’
Zua
by James Coburn
I walk with Angola
Knowing a young man,
A rising voice of his people
Percolating from generations
Pure as the night sky;
Fervent as a great river
Joining...
Hulk Hogan, Gawker film highlights media challenges
AUSTIN — In the first phase of President Donald Trump's America, Austin’s centerpiece mega-media festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), took it upon itself to...
As Westbrook approaches record, bizarre Russ hate remains
I realize these are not real basketball fans in the comic above. In fact, they're entirely fictional. What has been very real, however, is the bizarre...
David Schwimmer helps create creepy sexual harassment PSAs
David Schwimmer (that's right, Ross from Friends) wants you to know about sexual harassment. The actor recently took on producing duties to create a...
The Lie and two other poems from James Coburn
The Lie
by James Coburn
Red clashes.
Silence ignores menace.
Blood spatters
Running down canvas
About to fall flat.
Dark angel sanctifies vainglorious
Cause primed by humans.
Portraits fall.
Parasites swarm innocence.
The last blink...
Seventh Day Rebellion: Song swap ‘a refuge for artists’ at JJ’s Alley
Every Sunday, Oklahoma singer-songwriters take the stage to perform original work in a cozy narrow bar tucked inside a Bricktown alley. The hole in the...