Sugar Ray

“He used the classic stance of Sugar Ray Robinson, his weight forward, raised on the balls of his feet, his chin tucked into his shoulder, his left jab aimed eye-level at an opponent, his right hook a blur of light.”

Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

“Even though the guy was half a foot taller and thirty pounds heavier, Giamalva floored him with an uppercut that would have made Sugar Ray proud.”

The Beach House

“For two weeks I stand in my underwear in the predawn, the hour now twice confirmed in e-mails to Sugar Ray to be the optimal hour for breeding, watching while my does reject the most earnest efforts of the big sand-colored buck, my hopes dimming for that late-summer day when freshly butchered, milk-fed fryers hang cooling in the morning air.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

“Essentially, Sugar Ray observes, to his operation this doe constitutes a waste of perfectly good food.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

““We can give it a try,” says Sugar Ray skeptically.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

“Sugar Ray extols the virtues of his breed and the waft of rabbity purpose is overwhelming.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT