BOOKS
Fiction
- The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks, by Donald Harington
- Calico Joe, by John Grisham
- A Painted House, by John Grisham
- Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
- True Grit, by Charles Portis
- Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley
Nonfiction
- Arkansas Folklore, by James R. Masterson
- Arkansas Place Names, by Ernie Deane
- The Battle of Pea Ridge, by James R. Knight
- Cash, by Johnny Cash
- Civil War Arkansas, by Mark K. Christ
- Command and Control, by Eric Schlosser
- Fields of Blood, by William L. Shea
- Hill Folks, by Brooks Blevins
- Red River Campaign, by Ludwell H. Johnson
- The Vapors, by David Hill
- Warriors Don’t Cry, by Melba Pattillo Beals
MOVIES ABOUT OR FILMED IN ARKANSAS
- The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
- Dreaming Out Loud (1940) — Lum & Abner
- Face in the Crowd (1957) — filmed partially in Piggott
- I’m from Arkansas (1944)
- The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
- Mud (2012) — Filmed on the Mississippi and in Dumas
- A Painted House (2003)
- Revenge of Bigfoot (1979) — Directed by Harry Thomason, member of the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
- September 30, 1955 (1977)
- True Grit (1969)
- True Grit (2010)
- Walk the Line (2005) — biopic of Johnny Cash
RADIO PROGRAMS
- King Biscuit Time (KFFA – Helena)
- Ozark Highlands Radio (Ozark Folk Center) — Listened to the July 7, 2026 show featuring The Spooklights — bluegrass music with banjos and synthesizers. I don’t know if I could take a steady diet of their music, but this hour kept my toe tapping.
SONGS
- Down in the Arkansas (Jimmy Driftwood) — Funny. I had to add it to my playlist.
- Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
- Arkansas (Chris Stapleton)
- Arkansas Lovin’ Man (Johnny Cash)
- Arkansas, You Run Deep in Me (Wayland Holyfield) — Official state anthem, written by Wayland Holyfield. It’s not horrible.
- Five Feet High and Rising (Johnny Cash)
- The One on the Right is on the Left (Johnny Cash)
- Going Back to Arkansas (Big Bill Broonzy)
- When Electricity Came to Arkansas (Black Oak Arkansas)
- Arkansas (Parts 1 & 2) (Jimmy McCracklin)
- Arkansas (Glen Campbell)
- Arkansas Farmboy (Glen Campbell)
- The Lord God Bird (Sufjan Stevens)
- I Can See Arkansas (Anne Murray)
- Ozark Mountain Jubilee (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
- Arkansas Stomp (Sleepy John Estes)
- Arkansas Line (Dave Alvin)
- Arkansas Toothpick
- Arkansas Traveler
- I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (Phil Harris)