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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Calligraph421 BT">it is always nice to see such a bright
light shine on the program . . . </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Calligraph421 BT">con . . . grat . . . u . . . lations .
. . </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>all for now . . .</DIV>
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<DIV>Joe Powers</DIV>
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<DIV>Personal sites:<BR><A
href="http://www.joepowerstheatre.com">http://www.joepowerstheatre.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-powers/12/73a/392">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/joe-powers/12/73a/392</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>playwright: <A
href="http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=2410">http://www.dramatistsguild.com/memberdirectory/getmembership.aspx?cid=2410</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Cody Powers Films: <A
href="http://www.codypowersfilms.com/">http://www.codypowersfilms.com/</A></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bryan.bradford@ucr.edu href="mailto:bryan.bradford@ucr.edu">Bryan G
Bradford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu
href="mailto:'cwgrad-announcements@lists. ucr. edu'">'cwgrad-announcements@lists.
ucr. edu'</A> ; <A title=mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu
href="mailto:mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu">mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 24, 2012 10:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> UCR MFA Alumni Susan Straight
receives rave reviews for new novel, 'Between Heaven and Here'</DIV>
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<DIV><I>The Dallas Morning News</I> today called Susan Straight’s new novel,
<I>Between Heaven and Here</I> it an “uplifting, gorgeous novel.” Full
review:</DIV>
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href="http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/books/20120920-between-heaven-and-here-by-susan-straight-is-an-uplifting-gorgeous-novel.ece">http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/books/20120920-between-heaven-and-here-by-susan-straight-is-an-uplifting-gorgeous-novel.ece</A>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">And <I>The
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Take the community
storytelling approach of Sherwood Anderson’s “Winesburg, Ohio,” but populate
it with the cast of HBO’s “Treme,” then add the pathos of Toni Morrison and
change the setting to California’s Inland Empire, just east of Los Angeles,
and you’ve got something close to novelist Susan Straight’s achievement with
her trilogy of novels centered on the fictional communities of Rio Seco,
(modeled on Riverside) in Southern California, and the strange enclave of
Sarrat, an enclave of Creole culture just across the
river…<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Full
review:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><A
href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/09/22/between-heaven-and-here-susan-straight/FvUQFrgH1G6s5rIjMXZ8iN/story.html?s_campaign=8315">http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/09/22/between-heaven-and-here-susan-straight/FvUQFrgH1G6s5rIjMXZ8iN/story.html?s_campaign=8315</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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