(Asides) Blog
Liz Ohanesian Interview
March 8, 2023
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Review
February 14, 2023
New York Times Review
February 14, 2023
Kentucky Humanities Interview
February 14, 2023
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People
July 27, 2022

"Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People," is filming a feature on me. I'm both honored and pumped about this. They're the broadcasting arm of the Cherokee Nation, and they've won several Heartland Emmy Awards, three just recently. We shot down in the Arkansas River bottoms at what remains of Cherokee America Rogers' home. I used it as a setting in both in Maud's Line and Cherokee America, and we got to go inside it, something I've been wanting to do for years. We'll film more the next time I'm in Oklahoma. And the program will air next year. PBS and other stations carry Osiyo TV in Oklahoma and Arkansas. But you can stream it several other places. I watch it on YouTube. For those of you not fortunate enough to be born Cherokee, "Osiyo" is "Hello."
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Pen/Faulkner Foundation Conversation
December 7, 2021
http://www.penfaulkner/2021/30/indigenous/
I was happy to moderate a conversation with Louise Erdrich, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and Tommy Orange for the Pen/Faulkner Foundation. Nov. 2021.
Of Carousels and Animal Cages: Taking Inspiration from the Nashville Zoo
October 26, 2021
https://crimereads.com/of-carousels-and-animal-cages-taking-inspiration-from-the-nashville-zoo/
An essay on how the Glendale Park Zoo captured my imagination.