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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Susan is the best thing to happen in People Magazine since Britney and KFed broke up.
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu> on behalf of Alex Espinoza via CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 11, 2025 at 2:35</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Michael Jayme <mjayme@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu <crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu>, alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu>, Mfa Listserve <CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [CW-Grad] UCR MFA Alumni New Novel by Susan Straight in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yay, Susan! It’s an amazing book! <br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:20</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PM Michael Jayme via Mfa_alumni <<a href="mailto:mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu">mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:21</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">AM Allison Hedge Coke via CWgrad-announcements <<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>>
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