Co-founder Okla Elliott served as the managing editor for As It Ought To Be from its inception until his unexpected passing in 2017. We remember Okla as a brilliant writer and an intellectually generous editor who delighted in providing platforms for others to shine. Collected below is a bibliography of his writings and remembrances of his extraordinary life. This bibliography will always be accessible under “contents” on the tool bar on the top of our pages. Because he was so prolific, it is nearly impossible to catalog all of his work. This page will continue to grow as we find more of his work online. If you have a favorite Okla Elliott piece that isn’t linked below, feel free to contact us at inquiries.asitoughttobe@gmail.com
Remembrances
AS IT OUGHT TO BE MOURNS THE LOSS OF OUR FOUNDER
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES REMEMBERS OKLA ELLIOT WITH JOHN GUZLOWSKI
REMEMBERING OKLA ELLIOT WITH MICHAEL YOUNG
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES REMEMBERS OKLA ELLIOT WITH PAUL CRENSHAW
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES REMEMBERS OKLA ELLIOTT
“Some testimonies to Okla Elliott, 1 May 1977 – 19 March 2017” – Days and Memory
“Requiescat in pace: poet, novelist, translator Okla Elliott, 1977-2017” – Book Haven
“Go Read Okla Elliott’s Stuff, Please. (A Remembrance)” – Great Writers Steal
“Remembering Okla Elliott” – Mildred Barya’s House of Life
Okla’s Articles on As It Ought To Be
The Social and Spiritual Possibilities of Lent
The New Era of Engaged Literature
Five Thoughts on Cecil the Lion—Or: How the Internet Really Botched This One
Notes toward a Writerly Education—Or: Can We Please, Please, Please Have a Different Debate
Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Existential Echoes: Toward a Genealogy of Ideas in Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus”
Incomplete Thoughts on Wisconsin and Political Enthusiasm
Sin’s Fatal Taint: the Felony Murder Rule and its Discontents
Living in the Dollar-Amount Democracy
Okla’s Books
The Doors You Mark Are Your Own (co-authored with Raul Clement)
Bernie Sanders: The Essential Guide
Blackbirds in September: Selected Shorter Poems of Jurgen Becker (translator)
The Other Chekhov (with Kyle Minor)
Okla’s Editorial Work
Okla’s Poetry Online
“That the Soul Discharges Her Passions Upon False Objects” (from The Literary Review)
“Where We Are” (from Swamp Ape Review)
Okla’s Fiction Online
“The Earth in Its Devotion” (from Tupelo Quarterly)
“Lonely Tylenol” (from Contemporary World Literature)
Okla’s Essays Online
“Lent is About More than What You Give Up: It’s About the Wisdom You Acquire” (from Penn Live)
“The Unseen Jury: The Ideology and Psychology of Covert Racism” (from Stir Journal)
“Is It Time for Ranked Voting Choice in National Politics?” (from The Hill)
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