Hard Truths

Hard Truths

Jun 10, 2019 | Review

Marc McKee’s voice, as it rings through Consolationeer, is equal parts abstract artist, hi-fidelity folk singer, and postmodern priest. The fourth and latest poetry collection from the University of Missouri professor sums our modern spiritual plagues: the desire to...
Cindi Mayweather Ascends

Cindi Mayweather Ascends

Feb 11, 2019 | Review, The Black Midwest, Voices

When the android singer Cindi Mayweather first appears onstage, she brings an ecstatic crowd to its feet with a fast-paced dance number that doubles as a warning: She and the rest of us are trapped. “We’re dancing free, but we’re stuck here underground,” she intones,...
Tar Creek, a film on environmental disaster

Tar Creek, a film on environmental disaster

Apr 2, 2016 | Review

Excerpt from Resource Exploitation in Native North America: A Plague Upon the Peoples, Praeger, 2016 We begin our toxic journey with the Quapaw, in Oklahoma, whose homeland is now nearly uninhabitable. On March 25, 2013, the Quapaw sued the United States federal...
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