The knuckleball wasn’t just a pitch. It was an attitude toward life; it was a way of being in the world. It was a philosophy. ‘You don’t aim a butterfly,’ her father used to say. ‘You release it.’ Each pitch had a life of its own. It wasn’t about control, it wasn’t about muscle. Each floating and fluttering pitch was a little miracle. It was all about surprise.

—The Girl Who Threw Butterflies

 

 

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Mick Cochrane is a writer who lives in Buffalo, New York. He is the author of three novels, most recently, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. He is professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College, where he teaches writing and literature.

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