Joyce Carol Oates

Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

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  • Alith Khuzhas quoted6 years ago
    their side of the gym, cheers; from our side, groans. My face is burning, I know everyone is blaming me. Because Ugly Girl played so well until now, it looks as if shes coasting, or hanging back. Im running, limping. Im shouting for the ball. My right knee is throbbing with pain, both my knees are weak as water. Whats happening to me? I never look toward the bleachers, but Im seeing the derisive eyes, jeering faces, hands mock clapping. The Rocky River kids are yelling at me, I can almost hear themUrsula! Ug-ly Ur-sula! Their faces are blurred as if theyre underwater, or maybe its sweat running into my eyes and stinging. A terrible
  • Emilie Nanfeldthas quoted6 years ago
    Of course, Dad had time to see Lisa dance in The Nutcracker last month
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    I knew they would be praising my performance, regardless of what they thought of me. But tonight everything was weird.
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    When we won a game, there was a giddy, celebratory feeling
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    both my knees are weak as water.
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    splashed cold water onto my burning face and went back into the game,
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    Ursula Riggs was a coward, fearing other peoples opinions and the future. Ugly Girl was no coward, and didnt give a damn about the future. Ugly Girl, warrior-woman.
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    A Fiery Red mood was great for basketballUgly Girl really burned up the courtbut an Inky Black wasnt so good.
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    But as soon as I shut my locker and ran out into the gym, onto the basketball court, where every smell was so right, and the glare of the overhead lights on the polished floor, I could feel the Fiery Red coming up.
  • b1032160988has quoted6 years ago
    as soon as I shut my locker and ran out into the gym, onto the basketball court, where every smell was so right, and the glare of the overhead lights on the polished floor, I could feel the Fiery Red coming up. Here was my place!
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