Susan Straight’s latest novel, Mecca, was a finalist for a 2022 Kirkus Prize. This story is adapted from Black Star Canyon, a novel in progress that picks up three weeks after Mecca ends.
“All these baby scorpions hatched inside the bricks. Came crawling out of the walls. And Lolo’s baby girl was in her crib.”
The herds of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties are caught up in the most western of troubles: the need for water.
Susan Straight presents a panoramic view of Southern California.
The Fort Benson historical marker memorializes an incomplete version of events that took place at the site.
The violence inflicted upon Black men is persistent across six generations of a family’s history.
Watching the dissolution of her parents’ relationship, a butcher’s daughter learns lessons about life and love.
