Letter: ‘It’s not star-spangled beauty, to me’
To the editors:
It’s not star-spangled beauty, to me.
The harshness of the shell, the emitting of a crude smell, the pandering of souls not living...
Unpacking the legacy of Woody Guthrie’s Okemah home
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was born in Okemah, Okla., to a family that had a fair number of issues well before there was a Dr....
An ‘I voted’ sticker is the prize for enduring all these ads
So the big day — Election Day — is almost here.
The suffering caused by the slog of constant political attack ads while trying to...
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...
Saving daylight: ‘We do not listen’
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world....
Mark Zuckerberg could have simply used emojis
While my comic above is not exactly what he said about it, Mark Zuckerberg's recent visit to Oklahoma resulted in some interesting thoughts about...
ABLE Commission preps for new alcohol laws, pandemonium
Oklahoma's new alcohol laws will take effect Monday, Oct. 1. While the ABLE Commission has been working long and hard to prepare for the...
The scraps: Dating tales for the doggie plate
If you've been reading NonDoc lately, you've probably noticed our miniseries on the perils and pitfalls of online dating. We covered women's nightmare encounters...
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...
J. Elle’s Ashes of Gold explores the true meaning of love
(Editor’s note: NonDoc’s Author Umbrella interviews up-and-coming writers, particularly authors of color, authors of disability and LGBTQ+ authors. The interviews have been transcribed and lightly edited...


















