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TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map? …
Editorial: It all started in Africa Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver There must be some kind of way out of here. Said the Joker to the thief. There’s too much confusion. I can’t get no relief. …
Editorial: Writing the Emily Pike Story Read More
TweetPinShare Now Cousin George is doing time in the pen, Animal abuse is why he fell. Peddling stray cats to Ching Ling’s diner, Where the chop suey tastes so swell. …
Editorial: The Historical Cat and Dog Debate Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Dexter K. Oliver: The “Last Goodbye” is now available at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number) E169.12.O397 2022. Request in the Jefferson or …
Editorial: Validated, vindicated, and valued Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Dexter K. Oliver: Seven-year-old Dexter K. Oliver in a cage at the Bronx Zoo playing with carnivorous Komodo monitors (dragons). Column By Dexter K. Oliver I really wasn’t born in a …
Mind Games: From the Congo to Duncan, Arizona Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Dexter K. Oliver: “Last Goodbye” is the final installation in a series of what the late, great Dutch Salmon of High Lonesome Books in Silver City, New Mexico …
Editorial: Banned in Duncan Read More
TweetPinShareDexter K. Oliver Photo: This homemade DVD has Dexter K. Oliver playing and singing 19 of his original outlaw Americana songs. It is available at at the Country Chic/Duncan Visitors’ …
Editorial: Outlaw Americana Music Read More
TweetPinShareCharles Bowden An excerpt from a forthcoming book Column By Dexter K. Oliver I’ll use Chuck Bowden as an example of how easily writers can slip off the rails. Not …
Editorial: On Writing Read More
TweetPinShareAbortion rights protesters gather outside the Supreme Court following the Court’s decision reversing Roe v Wade. Similar demonstrations were held in many cities across the country. Column By Dexter K. …
Editorial: Going, going, gone Read More
TweetPinSharePictured is an AR-15 modern sporting rifle by Armalite. By Dexter K. Oliver There have been 54 mass shootings in the U.S. since the Uvalde school shootings on May 24, …
Editorial: Falling far short Read More