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TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver “Mama wipe the blood from my face, I’m sick and tired of the war.” “Knocking on Heaven’s Door – Live Version” by Bob Dylan Yuval …
Editorial: The Crusades that never end Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Dexter K. Oliver “You can’t call me lazy on a seven day a week. Make a million for the Texans, twenty dollar me.” “Luxury” – The Rolling Stones …
Editorial: Following Facts, Finding the Truth Read More
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