Gary Soto

After being teased about his brand new loafers, Rigo puts them away for so long he grows out of them.

Living up the Street is a book written by Gary Soto. It was published in 1985. The book is a collection of short stories, recollections of growing up Chicano in Fresno, California. It won a Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 1985. In these "narrative recollections" poet Gary Soto reflects on his …