Imaginary Oklahoma Skinner settlers found our northern neighbors

settlers found our northern neighbors to be just as cold and racist

who wrote "Grace in Broken Arrow

she centers the idea of ephemerality as methodology

Far Western follows Japanese country musicians across a strange cultural bridge back to the cradle of country music

Produced by Matt Leach and James Payne

Imaginary Oklahoma Skinner settlers found our northern neighborsForty six of today's most important and influential writers combine with artists to create a fictional take on the 46th state. From Franz Kafka to Rodgers and Hammerstein, writers both foreign and domestic have been speculating about Oklahoma for more than a century. Authors featured in the book include Steve Almond, Ben Greenman, Jonathon Lethem, Matt Bondurant, Edith Pearlman, Deborah Willis, Craig Morgan Teicher, Tupelo Hassman, Wayne Koestenbaum,