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Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Rachel Wagner on Video Games, Violence and the Enduring Allure of the Vigilante Hero

By Rachel Wagner | February 26, 2025

Seeking a Gentler Mythology of the American West

Seeking a Gentler Mythology of the American West

Joe Wilkins on His Grandfather, the Sheeprancher

By Joe Wilkins | July 3, 2024

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman Chronicle Everyday Life in a Disintegrating Community

By Judith Freeman and Jim Mangan | March 4, 2024

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By Jonny Diamond | February 21, 2023

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Michelle Nijhuis on Masculinity and Queerness in the Novel and Jane Campion’s Adaptation

By Michelle Nijhuis | December 3, 2021

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

High Lonesome: A Dispatch from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Does the History of Western Poetry Begin with Sheep?

By Michael Ursell | February 13, 2019

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