Other Writing
• "From Lil Nas X to 'Nomadland': How the American West Is Being Re-Imagined," for KCET's Artbound. (See also the "Imagined Wests" documentary, which I helped produce, and these short film excerpts.)
• An article in Western Historical Quarterly about the pioneering radio show the Indians for Indians Hour, and a related blog post.
• A Los Angeles Review of Books review of Indigenous Pop: Native American Music from Jazz to Hip Hop.
• LARB review of Woody Guthrie LA: 1937 to 1941.
• An essay, a meditation, or a gripe, about American music, "The South Stole Americana," in LARB.
• A discussion of the history of Native radio, on the Sounding Out! blog.
• A New York Times op-ed about George McGovern and the lost history of progressive populism on the Plains.
• A somewhat harsh review of journalist Timothy Egan's biography of Edward S. Curtis in Egan's own New York Times.
• An essay in the Iowa Review online about Leslie Marmon Silko's memoir The Turquoise Ledge.
• A Brooklyn Rail review of the Brooklyn Museum exhibition Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains.
• An essay on the Rumpus about Wells Tower and his old punk band, Hellbender.
• An essay on Killing the Buddha about Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church (adapted from Ghost Dances).
• An article about the band Calexico, in High Country News.
• An article about prairie and grassland conservation, also in High Country News.
• An essay, in High Country News, about Western Mura in Imaichi, Japan.
• There's also a long historical article about a 1970s "Red Power" action, not available online but published in this book.
• An article in Western Historical Quarterly about the pioneering radio show the Indians for Indians Hour, and a related blog post.
• A Los Angeles Review of Books review of Indigenous Pop: Native American Music from Jazz to Hip Hop.
• LARB review of Woody Guthrie LA: 1937 to 1941.
• An essay, a meditation, or a gripe, about American music, "The South Stole Americana," in LARB.
• A discussion of the history of Native radio, on the Sounding Out! blog.
• A New York Times op-ed about George McGovern and the lost history of progressive populism on the Plains.
• A somewhat harsh review of journalist Timothy Egan's biography of Edward S. Curtis in Egan's own New York Times.
• An essay in the Iowa Review online about Leslie Marmon Silko's memoir The Turquoise Ledge.
• A Brooklyn Rail review of the Brooklyn Museum exhibition Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains.
• An essay on the Rumpus about Wells Tower and his old punk band, Hellbender.
• An essay on Killing the Buddha about Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church (adapted from Ghost Dances).
• An article about the band Calexico, in High Country News.
• An article about prairie and grassland conservation, also in High Country News.
• An essay, in High Country News, about Western Mura in Imaichi, Japan.
• There's also a long historical article about a 1970s "Red Power" action, not available online but published in this book.