<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">So thrilled! Congratulations!</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 11, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Alex Espinoza via Mfa_alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Yay Susan! It’s such an amazing book!</div><div><br></div><div>Æ</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><b>Alex Espinoza</b></div><div>Professor <br></div><div>Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair</div><div>Department of Creative Writing</div><div>INTN 3046 | <a href="mailto:alex.espinoza2@ucr.edu" target="_blank">alex.espinoza2@ucr.edu</a></div><div><a href="http://www.alexespinoza.com/" target="_blank">www.alexespinoza.com</a></div><div><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4ySdNxTrGWcYiflU6-S-OlmT3JtGKbZ28EVaRCHtGx429qMZURjCnjRbOCdCdO2P9J8ZCFOMoE" data-unique-identifier=""><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM Tod Goldberg via Mfa_alumni <<a href="mailto:mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu">mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6030001738005373058">
<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="m_6030001738005373058WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Susan is the best thing to happen in People Magazine since Britney and KFed broke up.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">-tod<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tod Goldberg<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Professor, Program Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">75080 Frank Sinatra Drive<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Palm Desert, CA 92211<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">760-834-0928<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img alt="image001.png" src="cid:ii_19626d739f94cff311"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div id="m_6030001738005373058mail-editor-reference-message-container">
<div>
<div>
<div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">CWgrad-announcements <<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu</a>> on behalf of Alex Espinoza via CWgrad-announcements <<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 11, 2025 at 2:35</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Michael Jayme <<a href="mailto:mjayme@ucr.edu" target="_blank">mjayme@ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu</a>>, alumni <<a href="mailto:mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a>>, Mfa Listserve <<a href="mailto:CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [CW-Grad] UCR MFA Alumni New Novel by Susan Straight in<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Yay, Susan! It’s an amazing book! <br clear="all">
<br clear="all">
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Æ<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:20</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">PM Michael Jayme via Mfa_alumni <<a href="mailto:mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New"">So incredible! People Magazine! Congratulations, Susan!!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New"">--MJ<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:21</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">AM Allison Hedge Coke via CWgrad-announcements <<a href="mailto:cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">People MAGAZINE rave<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Susan Straights new novel<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">SACRAMENT!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://people.com/susan-straight-has-new-novel-on-the-way-see-the-cover-exclusive-11712734" target="_blank">https://people.com/susan-straight-has-new-novel-on-the-way-see-the-cover-exclusive-11712734</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br clear="all">
<br>
<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Distinguished Professor</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><a href="https://coffeehousepress.org/collections/shop/products/look-at-this-blue" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Look at This Blue </span></a></span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"> Weird Times, Be Kind</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36)">If this correspondence arrives past your work hours, please do not feel obligated to respond until an appropriate time. Respecting work/life balance is important to me.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">_______________________________________________<br>
CWgrad-announcements mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cwgrad-announcements" target="_blank">https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cwgrad-announcements</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">_______________________________________________<br>
Mfa_alumni mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/mfa_alumni" target="_blank">https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/mfa_alumni</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
Mfa_alumni mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">Mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/mfa_alumni" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/mfa_alumni</a><br>
</div></blockquote></div>
<span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Mfa_alumni mailing list</span><br><span>Mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu</span><br><span>https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/mfa_alumni</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>