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Susan Straight

My backroad memorial
My favorite memories of my brother are of him in the driver's seat, tearing down dirt roads. So on nights when I miss him more than I can bear, I just turn up the radio, roll down the windows, and speed.
By Susan Straight Apr 9, 2007
Flooded and forgotten
Louisiana is still devastated, and its people -- black and white, rich and poor -- feel like the rest of the country doesn't care.
By Susan Straight Jul 1, 2006
Flesh and blood
On Memorial Day and other holidays my extended family gathers to tell stories and to consume large quantities of meat. The bounty reminds us of suffering, and hunger, and the long roads that led from Oklahoma and Florida to here.
By Susan Straight May 29, 2006
"A Million Nightingales"
In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors.
By Susan Straight Mar 18, 2006
Coach
Afraid he'd blow it, my ex-husband didn't want to coach our daughter. He changed his mind -- and we all won.
By Susan Straight Dec 7, 2005
When Michael Jackson was cool
Michael was the ultimate heartthrob to my '70s high school girlfriends. But my teenage daughter sees him as only a scary freak who can't stand living with skin the color of hers.
By Susan Straight Jun 7, 2004
Dissed by "The O.C."
Fox's popular new teen drama wants to put me -- and everyone else in my town -- in the white trash bin.
By Susan Straight Sep 9, 2003
Pack of four
My daughters and I seem impenetrable to outsiders. Maybe that's why I haven't had a date in five years.
By Susan Straight Feb 13, 2003
Flour power
The authorities have decided that hauling around sacks of flour will teach middle schoolers not to get pregnant. My daughter and I think it's a half-baked idea.
By Susan Straight Jun 25, 2002
All about basketball
My girls live and breathe hoops with a passion that carries us beyond the season into moments of frightening uncertainty.
By Susan Straight Jun 6, 2002
Tourmaline
If she slept in the heat long enough, maybe she could melt away the baby. If there was a baby.
By Susan Straight Aug 9, 2001
Detachment parenting
My mother let us ride without seat belts. I let my daughter play with sharp tools. I am such a mess as a mother.
By Susan Straight Mar 13, 2001
Just say yes
Even Nancy Reagan digs this dessert.
By Susan Straight Aug 29, 2000
Way past cool
Wine cake is my take on motherhood and life.
By Susan Straight Aug 29, 2000
Letters to the editor
Readers clash over McCain's use of "gook" Plus: Splitting up siblings heartbreakingly common; the thrill of playing God with a Sim family.
Letters to the editor Feb 19, 2000
Letters to the Editor
Loose guns and small kids are a bad combination; the "Woodstock 99" review is an excuse for Hornsby-bashing; is "Militia U." about educational liberty or military aid?
Letters to the Editor Oct 28, 1999
Funk soul mother
Once my ex-husband and I danced to the funk as if we had no choice. Now, in the kitchen on Saturday nights, I clean, listen, dance, remember.
By Susan Straight Apr 7, 1999
The Gettin' Place
A. Scott Cardwell reviews Susan Straight's fourth novel "The Gettin' Place".
A. Scott Cardwell Jun 27, 1996
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