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Wow! Congratulations Susan. Looking forward to reading this. Best topic ever, as always! ❤️
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<blockquote type="cite">On Apr 11, 2025, at 5:17 PM, Robin Russin via Mfa_alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> Steve took the words out of my mouth!
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<div>Wonderful, Susan!</div>
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<span>Susan is still the novelist-laureate of the Inland Empire & beyond.</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Apr 11, 2025, at 2:54 PM, Vanessa Hua via CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>So thrilled! Congratulations!</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Apr 11, 2025, at 2:53 PM, Alex Espinoza via Mfa_alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Yay Susan! It’s such an amazing book!</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM Tod Goldberg via Mfa_alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Susan is the best thing to happen in People Magazine since Britney and KFed broke up.
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>760-834-0928<image001.png> From: CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements-bounces@lists.ucr.edu> on behalf of Alex Espinoza via CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>To: Michael Jayme <mjayme@ucr.edu></span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: Re: [CW-Grad] UCR MFA Alumni New Novel by Susan Straight in</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>Yay, Susan! It’s an amazing book! </span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM Michael Jayme via Mfa_alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>So incredible! People Magazine! Congratulations, Susan!!</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM Allison Hedge Coke via CWgrad-announcements <cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu> wrote:</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>People MAGAZINE rave</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span> SACRAMENT!!!</span><br>
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