“This is where the pivotal events of my childhood unfolded, while I ate banana and root beer Popsicles, two by two, tucking… — Jo Ann Beard 80-s Copy Share Image
“We sit silently in our living room. He watches the mute television screen and I watch him. The planes and ridges of… — Jo Ann Beard Life Copy Share Image
“The way everything seems to be working out right now, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up dead before the night… — Jo Ann Beard In-zanesville Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when you're cruel to others, it's because you've gotten yourself into a situation you can't get out of.” — Jo Ann Beard Copy Share Image
“In addition to Linda and me, there's a brother, a strange little guy named Bradley, obsessed with his own cowboy boots. He… — Jo Ann Beard Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“On the very tip of his tongue is his Firerancher. Thin as tissue paper, it looks like the moon in the daytime… — Jo Ann Beard Love Copy Share Image
“Instead of slapping her head, I do what they tell you to do: count to ten. Only I do it the gifted… — Jo Ann Beard Gifted Copy Share Image
“In the dresser mirror, my face looks the same, but I feel something happening around me, some change as palpable as weather.… — Jo Ann Beard Red and yellow Copy Share Image
“...within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant.” — Jo Ann Beard Awkward Copy Share Image
“It feels weird right at this moment to not be anybody's sidekick. Hard to explain, but when I look at the moon,… — Jo Ann Beard Sense of humor Copy Share Image
