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ArticleFrom the editor

When I was a kid, radio and tele­vi­sion were king. Long before stream­ing ser­vices and smart­phones, there was a Chev­ro­let advert­ising cam­paign that seemed to be every­where. Its catchy jingle had a way of get­ting stuck in your head: "Base­ball,...

ArticleWhere Oklahoma Meets Amer­ica

A con­ver­sa­tion with Rilla Askew

ArticleOklahoma Ori­gin­als

Remark­able lives, last­ing legacies

ArticleUnsung Her­oes

Cel­eb­rat­ing lib­rary volun­teers

ArticleFree­dom to Learn

Lib­rar­ies through 250 years

ArticleThe Most Import­ant Free­dom to Remem­ber on the Anniversary of Our Coun­try

ArticleSum­mer memor­ies

Scattered throughout this issue, you'll find something a little dif­fer­ent — five child­hood sum­mer memor­ies shared by mem­bers of the Bey­ond Words team. From fam­ily tra­di­tions to simple, unhur­ried moments, these are the kind of memor­ies that...

ArticleWhere Oklahoma Meets Amer­ica

Rilla Askew has a thesis about Oklahoma, and she's been prov­ing it her entire career. "This state," she says, "is the most Amer­ican of states — a mir­ror of the entire national nar­rat­ive, com­pressed and intens­i­fied." A fifth-gen­er­a­tion...