Amazon Summary:
Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.
Tags: High School, YA, Historical, Oklahoma, 1960s, Tulsa
Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far.
Tags: High School, YA, Historical, Oklahoma, 1960s, Tulsa
Amazon Summary:
One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed. After its sold-out Chicago premiere, the play has electrified audiences in New York since its opening in November 2007.
Tags: Performing Arts, Oklahoma, Family, Drama
One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed. After its sold-out Chicago premiere, the play has electrified audiences in New York since its opening in November 2007.
Tags: Performing Arts, Oklahoma, Family, Drama
Amazon Summary: Rusty-James is the number one tough guy among the junior high kids who hang out and shoot pool at Benny's. He's even proud of keeping up his reputation. Actually though, what he wants most of all is to be just like his older brother, the Motorcycle Boy. Rusty-James isn't book-smart, he relies more on his fists than his brains. When he gets in over his head, the Motorcycle Boy has always been there to bail him out. The day Rusty-James' world comes apart, the Motorcycle boy isn't around to pick up the pieces. What now?
This book takes place in Tulsa! It was also written by an Oklahoma native.
Genre: YA, Oklahoma, High School, 1960s
This book takes place in Tulsa! It was also written by an Oklahoma native.
Genre: YA, Oklahoma, High School, 1960s
Poetic Justice, Volume 1
This anthology of poetry is written by incarcerated women in Oklahoma who found a creative voice for themselves through poetry. This book was compiled by the Tulsa group Poetic Justice, which provides these women with creative and therapeutic resources.
Tags: Poetry, Femininity, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Depression and Mental Illness
Tags: Poetry, Femininity, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Depression and Mental Illness
Hidden History of Tulsa, by Steve Gerkin
Amazon Summary:
The story of Tulsa's transformation from a nineteenth-century cow town into the Oil Capital of the World" has been above ground for years, but a great reservoir of Tulsey Town's heritage has remained beneath the surface. These neglected tales include the dirigible flyover of 1929, the Hominy Indians' victory over the New York Giants and the legendary final performance of Spade Cooley, convicted killer and the self-proclaimed "King of Western Swing." From the horrors of the city's early race riot and the proud legacy of Greenwood (aka Little Africa or Black Wall Street) to Tulsa's iconic landmarks and unforgettable personalities, Steve Gerkin provides an evocative and enjoyable voyage through T-Town's hidden history.
Tags: Oklahoma, Short Essays, History
The story of Tulsa's transformation from a nineteenth-century cow town into the Oil Capital of the World" has been above ground for years, but a great reservoir of Tulsey Town's heritage has remained beneath the surface. These neglected tales include the dirigible flyover of 1929, the Hominy Indians' victory over the New York Giants and the legendary final performance of Spade Cooley, convicted killer and the self-proclaimed "King of Western Swing." From the horrors of the city's early race riot and the proud legacy of Greenwood (aka Little Africa or Black Wall Street) to Tulsa's iconic landmarks and unforgettable personalities, Steve Gerkin provides an evocative and enjoyable voyage through T-Town's hidden history.
Tags: Oklahoma, Short Essays, History
Creepers, by Jesse Haynes
Amazon Summary: After an astronaut becomes host to an extraterrestrial virus in space and is transported back to earth in a vegetative state, the most advanced medical minds in the United States are perplexed as their patient undergoes a dramatic transformation. When the patient awakens and begins to savagely attack everyone in the hospital, the rapid spread of the virus commences. Only five years later, humans are almost nothing more than a distant memory. Instead the virus has transformed them into creepersmindless predators that savagely hunt and kill. In Jesse Hayness novel Creepers, join Brothers Drake and Jason Bennett, two of the last humans on Earth. The brothers fight for survival every day in their hometown of New York City, but creepers seem to lurk in every alley and hunt through the city streets by both day and night. When news of a potential survivor colony reaches the Bennett brothers, they decide to travel across the decimated United States. Join Jason and Drake as they face countless challenges that push them to the brink of sanity in their daily struggles while searching for the remnants of humanity and a way to beat the virus.
This book was written by a Tulsa native when he was in high school! He's currently a student at the University of Tulsa.
Tags: YA, Science Fiction, Apocalypse, Oklahoma
This book was written by a Tulsa native when he was in high school! He's currently a student at the University of Tulsa.
Tags: YA, Science Fiction, Apocalypse, Oklahoma