From "How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos":

Here comes Yo-Yo Man. He's doing walk the dog, he's doing rock the baby. His eyes are neon green-they flash, they send off silver sparkles as they spin and loop the loop, they play "If You Got the Money, Honey," fast and high. In front of the Court House, he lets his yo-yo take off rolling down the sidewalk at the end of its tether, pulling him along after it, till
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—Mary Ann Taylor-Hall, from How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos

Ryan Van Meter's If You Knew Then What I Know Now is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award.

Caitlin Horrocks' This Is Not Your City is shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.

Lia Purpura is interviewed in Orion.

07-08-2012
The Children

The Frost Place Box 74 Franconia, NH 03580
Reading from The Children as part of the annual "Frost Day" celebration


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