In UC Riverside Professor Susan Straight’s 10th novel, “Mecca,” it “has fictional characters — but all are inspired by true stories or events that have occurred in the Inland Empire.” Continue reading Susan Straight Releases New Novel, ‘Mecca’
By Candice Yacono
FROM: Orange County Register
On any given day, you might find Susan Straight walking along the Santa Ana River or throwing darts at the local Elks lodge.
Continue reading “How Riverside Author Susan Straight Enbraced Family History For Latest Book”
By Janet Kinosian
FROM: L.A. Times
Certain books give off the sense that you won’t want them to end, so splendid the writing, so lyrical the stories. Such is the case with Southern California novelist Susan Straight’s new memoir, “In the Country of Women.”
Los Angeles Literature 