Susan Straight has published eight novels, most recently Between Heaven and Here (McSweeney’s). She is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at U.C. Riverside. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family, whose history is featured on susanstraight.com.

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  March/April 2013: November 24, 1963
  What my brother left behind
• October 2010: Travels With My Ex
  Navigating gridlock and prejudice in the Inland Empire.
• May 2005: Review of Tayari Jones’s The Untelling