http://dir.salon.com/topics/susan_straight/?source=rss&aim=susan_straight en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/09/backroad_memorial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/09/backroad_memorial/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/01/forgotten/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/01/forgotten/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/29/meat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/29/meat/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/03/18/straight/index.html?source=rss In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2005/12/07/coach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2005/12/07/coach/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/07/michael_jackson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/07/michael_jackson/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/09/oc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/09/09/oc/index.html?source=rss Fox's popular new teen drama wants to put me -- and everyone else in my town -- in the white trash bin. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/02/13/straight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/02/13/straight/index.html?source=rss My daughters and I seem impenetrable to outsiders. Maybe that's why I haven't had a date in five years. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/25/flour_bag/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/25/flour_bag/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/06/hardcore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/06/hardcore/index.html?source=rss My girls live and breathe hoops with a passion that carries us beyond the season into moments of frightening uncertainty. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/08/09/tourmaline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/08/09/tourmaline/index.html?source=rss If she slept in the heat long enough, maybe she could melt away the baby. If there was a baby. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/tues/kc/2001/03/13/detachment_parenting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/tues/kc/2001/03/13/detachment_parenting/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/recipe/2000/08/29/straight_dessert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/recipe/2000/08/29/straight_dessert/index.html?source=rss Even Nancy Reagan digs this dessert. By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2000/08/29/wine_cake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2000/08/29/wine_cake/index.html?source=rss Wine cake is my take on motherhood and life. Letters to the editor Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/19/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/02/19/mccain/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/28/guns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/28/guns/index.html?source=rss 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? By Susan Straight Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/04/07/p_funk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/04/07/p_funk/index.html?source=rss 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. A. Scott Cardwell Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1996/06/27/sneakpeeks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1996/06/27/sneakpeeks/index.html?source=rss A. Scott Cardwell reviews Susan Straight's fourth novel "The Gettin' Place".