# Susan Straight

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Jackson Howard: "Risk It All"

Jackson Howard is an editor and writer from Los Angeles who lives in Brooklyn. He’s Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and its imprints MCD and AUWA (headed by Questlove), where he acquires and edits a broad range of fiction and nonfiction. Writers he has published include Judith Butler, Br…

Personal Curriculums, Farmworkers, and “Sacrament”

Hello Friends, I hope you’ve had a long weekend full of gratitude and blessings. My husband and I did a lot of cooking and housecleaning. Holidays make me feel my age. For years, I would never leave dirty dishes from holiday cooking on the counters/in the sink overnight. I couldn’t stand the idea o…

1014. Susan Straight

Susan Straight is the author of the novel Sacrament, available from Counterpoint Press. Straight has published nine previous novels, including Mecca, A Million Nightingales, and Highwire Moon, and one memoir, In the Country of Women. She’s been a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, the Dayton Literary …

Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: Susan Straight

In the last episode of Book Lust, Susan Straight talks with Nancy Pearl about "Sacrament," her novel about three women nurses fighting through the first year of COVID. Straight reflects on how the pandemic reshaped her storytelling and stirred memories of loss, caregiving, and resilience. She also …

The Day Control Was Taken From Us

Most people remember exactly where they were the week of March 11, 2020. Life suddenly stopped. The world went quiet. And for a brief moment, everything about our routines, priorities, and pace of life was thrown into question. Six years later, the world is loud and fast again. But the real questio…

Hometown Radio 04/13/26 4p: Cuesta Book Event and Dana Adobe Check In

4p Author Susan Straight talks Cuesta College Book of the Year event, 4/28 430p Spotlight on the Dana Adobe in Nipomo

15: Money Issues and the Public Library & Book of the the Year

- We welcome back to the podcast Monique Matta, the Adult Services Coordinating Librarian for the SLO County Library System. We’ll discuss e-books, audiobooks, and other materials in the collections with a particular focus on costs for digital items within the library system. If you have questions …

The Last Human Bear: Exclusive Early Book Launch with Greg Sarris

In this triumphant and revelatory return of the award-winning novelist and Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Greg Sarris, The Last Human Bear is an epic story about a Pomo woman who is haunted by an inescapable tradition that has been passed down from her stepmother. She has inh…

Teddy’s Juke Joint, a legendary home for the blues and community

We hear about one of the last standing Juke Joints in the country, Teddy’s Juke Joint near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We revisit two interviews, one from BookWaves producer Brian Reynolds with award winning author Susan Straight on her latest book Sacrament. Then RaiseUp Radio producer Julie Lynem spe…

In the Country of Women: A Memoir Audiobook by Susan Straight

https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: In the Country of Women: A MemoirGenres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, WomenAuthor: Susan StraightNarrator: Donna PostelRelease date: 08-06-2019Length: 10:50:54Language: EnglishPublishe…