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This guide identifies resources related to Oklahoma Poets and Writers. This guide is meant to be a starting point and is not comprehensive.
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Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers
http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/
The Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers was established to recognize one of our country's richest resources, its extended community of internationally known writers. The Center is also dedicated to providing opportunities for aspiring writers. Author Teresa Miller serves as Executive Director.
OK Center for Poets & Writers
OSU-Tulsa
700 N. Greenwood
Tulsa, OK 74106
918-594-8215
Many Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers authors are guests at the biennial Celebration of Books.
For information on the Celebration of Books go to:
http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/celebration/index.html
Many of these authors are interviewed on the OETA television show Writing Out Loud
For information on Writing Out Loud go to:
http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/outloud/index.html
Many of these authors have materials in the OSU-Tulsa Library.
Check the OSU-Tulsa Library Online Catalog for available books.
Contact the Circulation Desk at 594-8130 for checkout privileges.
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Kate Lehrer
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Isabel Allende |
Billie Letts
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Peggy Perry Anderson |
Lili Livingston
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Maya Angelou |
Guy Logsdon
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Jane Archer |
Tim Madigan
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Rilla Askew |
Wilma Mankiller
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Jim Barnes |
Daniel Marder
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Darleen Bailey Beard |
Doug Marlette [cartoonist and author]
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William Bernhardt |
Lary May
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Ken Burns |
Frank McCourt
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John F. Callahan |
David McCullough
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Virginia Spencer Carr |
Teresa Miller
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Marian Clark |
Lynn Moroney
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Gerald Clarke
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Dow Mossman |
Robert J. Conley
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N. Scott Momaday
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Alfred Corn
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Anna Myers
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Connie Cronley
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Darcy O'Brien
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Jay Cronley
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Alice L. Price
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Genell Dellin
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Arnold Rampersad
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Ivy Dempsey
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Richard Reeves
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Kim Doner [author and illustrator]
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Dian Curtis Regan
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Ronnie Claire Edwards
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Carter Revard
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Shelby Foote
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Russell Freedman
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Francine Ringold
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Eddie Faye Gates
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Roger Rosenblatt
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Kaye Gibbons
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Gayle Ross
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Barbara Snow Gilbert
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Barbara Rush [actress]
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Diane Glancy
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Robert Rutland
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Danney Goble
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Carolyn See
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Lisa See
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Molly Levite Griffis
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Bob Smith
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Jean Hager
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G.E. (George) Stanley
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Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
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Sid Stebel
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Jim Halsey
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Janet Stevens [illustrator]
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Carol Hamilton
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Edward Swift
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Earl Hamner, Jr.
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Clifton Taulbert
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Joy Harjo
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Joyce Carol Thomas
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Charlaine Harris
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Trisha Thomas
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Fred Harris
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Calvin Trillin
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Marilyn Harris
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Alice Walker
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Carolyn G. Hart
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Ed Walkiewicz
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Joyce Sequiche Hifler
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Michael Wallis
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S.E. Hinton
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Suzanne Wallis
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Marilyn Inhofe-Tucker
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Sherrin Watkins
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Murv Jacob [illustrator]
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Jerry Webber
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Hannibal Johnson
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Mike Wimmer [illustrator]
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Sandy Jones
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Marion Winik
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Steven Kellogg
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John Wooley
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Andrea Koenig
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Carolyne Wright |
Anne Lamott
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Ben Yagoda |
Jim Lehrer
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The Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers is the permanent sponsor of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame Tribute is held in Tulsa every other fall.
For more information on the Hall of Fame go to:
http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/halloffame/
Check the OSU-Tulsa Library Online Catalog for books by Oklahoma Hall of Fame writers:
| Rilla Askew | S.E. Hinton |
| William Bernhardt | Harold Keith |
| Jack M. Bickham | Billie Letts |
| Deborah Camp | Darcy O'Brien |
| C.J. Cherryh | Mel Odom |
| Deborah Chester | Dian Curtis Regan |
| Robert Conley | Lynn Riggs |
| Jay Cronley | Glenn Shirley |
| Angie Debo | George E. Stanley |
| Robert Duncan | Rennard Strickland |
| Connie Feddersen | Dwight V. Swain |
| Georgina Gentry | Clifton Taulbert |
| Jean Hager | Robert Trevathan |
| Marilyn Harris | Judith Henry Wall |
| Carolyn G. Hart | Michael Wallis |
| Bessie Holland Heck |
Tthe following have been guests at the Celebration of Books writers' conference and/or have been interviewed on Writing Out Loud, the OETA television program which features Teresa Miller's in-depth interviews with authors "to hear that words have voices."
Oklahoma Authors
http://www.bartlesville.lib.ok.us/goodreads/oklahoma%20authors.htm
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/index.htm
Includes Oklahoma Book Awards and Literary Map of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Oklahoma State University - Tulsa Literary Archives Room
See Reference Librarian
The Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers, in cooperation with the OSU-Tulsa library, maintains a literary archives of original manuscripts by Oklahoma authors. The most extensive holdings are the Michael Wallis collection, the William Bernhardt collection, and Carolyn G. Hart collection, all of which contain edited versions of selected manuscripts in addition to the original drafts. Certain restrictions apply to ensure the preservation of materials.
Publishing house established by William Bernhardt “ because too many worthy books are either not being published or are going prematurely out-of-print.”
Mystery writers website that gives some general writing tips and writing websites- - click on Everyone Welcome => Recommended Links in the Guppies (Great Unpublished) division http://www.sinc-guppies.org/ . The more general database for Sisters in Crime is http://www.sistersincrime.org/index.htm .
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/
Tulsa and Oklahoma author listings, creative writing groups in Tulsa, book events, etc. (Collections and Services=>Books and Reading)
Biography & Genealogy Index
Contemporary Authors Database
Contemporary Literary Criticism Database
Books In Print with Reviews Database
Factiva Database
New York Times Book Review
Magill's Literary Annual
Reference Z1219 .M33
WorldCat Database Database - This is a database of books cataloged by libraries worldwide. It is a good source to verify bibliographic information, to see what books have been published on a specific subject and to see what libraries own them.
Selected DVDs from author interviews on OETA's Writing Out Loud television show are available for in-house viewing or overnight check-out.
Reserves PN151.M55
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DVDs from author interviews:
| Isabelle Allende | Marsha Mason |
| Barnaby Conrad | George Nigh |
| Ronnie Claire Edwards | Arnold Rampersad |
| Fred Harris | Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. |
| Wilma Mankiller | Marion Winik |
Questions or comments about the OSU-Tulsa Library Subject Guide? Contact the OSU-Tulsa Library Liaison:
Lynn Wallace at lynn.wallace@okstate.edu
Last modified 8/23/2004