[CW-Grad] More good news from Susan Straight

[Robin Russin]

Apparently, she is now a jock??:

Susan has a short story in ESPN's first ever Fiction Issue, published jointly with McSweeney's:  ESPN The Magazine Fiction Issue: Angel Wings by Susan Straight 

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=6164730

Also, Susan recommends: "the inaugural issue of BOOM is just out, and it's wonderful.  Essays on immigrant activists, on California's Central Valley, and I have a piece on Art Laboe and California Killer Oldies, with photo by Doug McCulloch. Get a copy, so we keep this great new UCPress sponsored magazine alive - wonderful opportunity for our writers and students in the future."

The pitch from the editors:  We'd like to introduce you to Boom: a Journal of California—the newest publication from UC Press. Published 4 times a year, Boom is the only ongoing journal that addresses the challenges and opportunities that face California today and for the foreseeable future. From the serious to the whimsical, our contributors explore what is (and isn't) working in California's communities. You'll meet the people on the ground that are leading the way and hear what today's most astute writers, thinkers, investigators, and artists have to say about keeping California at the forefront of economic, cultural, and social progress well into the 21st century.

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Robin Russin

Associate Professor and Director
MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu
http://robinrussin.com

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