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Author Susan Straight identifies 1,001 novels that highlight the American experience across generations and cultures.

This year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books includes a UC Riverside star-studded lineup. Nineteen UCR faculty, staff, and alumni will be participating in this annual literary event that takes place at the University of Southern California. More than 550 authors, poets, artists, chefs, celebrities, and musicians will gather on...

Set in the Inland Empire, her tenth novel, weaves together people, history, and scenery.

UCR author Susan Straight’s fence library continues to serve a Riverside community disproportionately affected by the coronavirus

Straight joined writer and critic Heather Scott Partington for a live chat about writing, teaching, and calling Riverside home

"American Dirt" is the No. 1 New York Times bestseller, has been called this generation’s "Grapes of Wrath" and received strong reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. It has received support from prominent Mexican American and Latina authors, including Sandra Cisneros, Erika Sánchez, Reyna Grande, and Julia Alvarez, who predicted...

Straight’s new memoir, published Aug. 6, extols the strength and resiliency of six generations of women

As of March 8, there have been 14 school shootings so far this year. Since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., 756 copycat threats have been made targeting schools across the country. For author Susan Straight — and many others around the nation...