Imaginary Oklahoma Skinner settlers found our northern neighbors

settlers found our northern neighbors to be just as cold and racist

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Imaginary Oklahoma Skinner settlers found our northern neighborsForty six of today's most important and influential writers combine with artists to create a fictional take on the 46th state. From Franz Kafka to Rodgers and Hammerstein, writers both foreign and domestic have been speculating about Oklahoma for more than a century. Authors featured in the book include Steve Almond, Ben Greenman, Jonathon Lethem, Matt Bondurant, Edith Pearlman, Deborah Willis, Craig Morgan Teicher, Tupelo Hassman, Wayne Koestenbaum,