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The Angler #9: Oklahoma Odyssey (28 April 2012) Red Neck (the novel). Natchez. Red dirt. Communism. Oklahoma. Memoirs and fictions. Long Neck. Isabella. Cemeteries. Oil wells. West of Eden. Frank Eaton / Pistol Pete. Genealogy. Family trees. The Promised Land. Exodus. "Indians" and Cowboys. Uprooting (Cajuns, Africans). Private Property. Marxism. Angie Debo. Eli Jaffe's Oklahoma Odyssey.

I've rebranded my blog. I've resurrected an old title, The Daily Catch, which was the title of my rambling podcast of a few years ago. Still trying to keep the blog posts short --- the Twitter bursts even shorter. The longer dispatches go into The Angler. Then eventually into a book (ebook).

coming soon!!!

More on women's soccer. Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Louisiana French. Good coffee. Good beer.

just published: a year in beer

In this companion volume to the Long Island Beer Guide, Donavan Hall gives the full story of his first year as a professional beer writer. It's available now in a Kindle edition.