Coquelle Thompson (ca. 1848–1946) was an accomplished storyteller who lived through the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56. His tribal community was evicted from its homeland and resettled with other Athabaskan groups on the Siletz Reservation, where he lived for ninety years. … Continue reading Excerpt: Ghosts Dance in an Empty House and Other Stories
Jim Ingraham is an award-winning sports columnist for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram in Ohio. He is the author of Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians: A Baseball Life. His most recent book So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America was published by … Continue reading Excerpt: So Young, So Great
Pearl E. Casias served as the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s chief judge for twelve years. She also served on the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council and was the first woman elected chair of the tribe. Her new book Red Woman: My … Continue reading Excerpt: Red Woman
Charles W. A. Prior is a professor of history at the University of Birmingham. He is the author and editor of several books, including Settlers in Indian Country: Sovereignty and Indigenous Power in Early America and A Confusion of Tongues: Britain’s Wars of Reformation, … Continue reading Excerpt: Treaty Ground
Anthony Lookout (1956–2026) was an Osage songwriter and musician from Tulsa, Oklahoma. His Osage name was Hunkathali, meaning “good eagle,” from the Hunka clan. He spent his life playing music as a multi-instrumentalist performing and recording songs and music videos and … Continue reading Excerpt: Tilton and Grace Entokah
William C. Kashatus is a historian, educator, and the author of more than twenty books, including Blue-Eyed Soul Brother, Lefty and Tim, and Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Line. His most recent book … Continue reading Excerpt: Spitballer
Marzia Babakarkhail was a judge in Afghanistan for seven years before becoming a member of the board and chair of the Women’s Committee of the Afghan NGO’s Coordination Bureau. Now living in the UK, she is a caseworker for a … Continue reading Excerpt: Marzia
William H. Brewster is a writer, a former financial services executive, and a U.S. Air Force veteran who served as a cryptologic linguist. He is the author of The Workingman’s Game: Waverly, New York, the Twin Tiers and the Making of Modern … Continue reading Excerpt: The Land of Sand and Cotton
Sean J. McLaughlin is a historian, serving as the director of Special Collections and Exhibits at Murray State University in Kentucky. He is the author of JFK and de Gaulle: How America and France Failed in Vietnam, 1961–1963 and coauthor of The Finest Place … Continue reading Excerpt: Royal Treatment
Lisa Downing is Professor of French Discourses of Sexuality at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is the author or editor of twenty books, including Selfish Women and After Foucault: Culture, Theory, and Criticism in the 21st Century. She … Continue reading Excerpt: Against Affect
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