Jezy J. Gray
Writer/editor based in Oklahoma City
04/08/2020
I talked to American studies scholar Will Kaufman and Woody Guthrie Center Executive Director Deana McCloud about what the folk icon's Tulsa archive can teach us about his working-class politics and the history of socialism in Oklahoma.
(Originally published in The Tulsa Voice, 11/6/19)
Made for you and me Before it was the most conservative state in the country, Oklahoma was a different shade of red. After some 2 million acres of "unassigned lands" were opened to white settlement
03/08/2020
"Every spring, Osage County is on fire." 🔥
Like the controlled blazes that draw her eye, the photography of Keli Mashburn is a slow burn. I talked to the artist about the stories written on the land of her childhood home in Osage territory, ahead of the upcoming exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary.
#ArtistSpotlight: Keli Mashburn Shadow on the Glare artist Keli Mashburn discusses the inspiration behind her work in this Artist Spotlight installment from Oklahoma Contemporary.
31/07/2020
Pick up the latest issue of The Curbside Chronicle (out today!) and check out my feature story about the lives nextdoor. 🏘️ I talked to Curbside vendors and residents from all corners of Oklahoma City about their best neighbor stories: the good, the bad and the ugly.
📷: Vendor Tiffany shows off the August issue of Curbside Chronicle, the monthly magazine created for and sold by people experiencing homelessness in OKC.