Celebrate 30 years of the OA.
With original work from Imani Perry, Kristen Arnett, Diane Roberts, and so many others, our Spring Issue honors our past and looks into our expansive future.
James BigBoy Medlin
About
A fourth generation Texan, James BigBoy Medlin was born in Santa Anna, raised in Odessa, and further educated in Austin. He was a founding writer of the Austin Sun, L.A. Weekly, and E! Entertainment television. He and his partner, Michael Ventura, wrote Roadie, a rock & roll comedy starring Meat Loaf and Art Carney. Medlin recently published his first novel, Slap Noir, a dark murder mystery not without mirth.