“His name was Howard, but by the way he said it, none of us were able to figure out what his name was for the first few days. Still, I liked him, so one day I tackled him out on the playground and we started wrestling on the grass.”

— Victor Villaseñor

Burro Genius: A Memoir (2004)

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