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Rick Bailey

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I grew up in a small town in the Midwest. I married an Italian immigrant. So there is frequently a multi-cultural theme in my writing (eating vanilla ice cream as a kid, eating gelato as an adult).

My new book is called Drop and Add, a novel, published by KDP. It's the story of an adjunct English instructor taking his first job at rural technical college. He's adjunct. The money is bad. The students are under-prepared. The prospects of getting a full-time position are remote. ...more

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	Get Thee to a Bakery 4.45 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American English, Italian Chocolate: Small Subjects of Great Importance 3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tumbling Up 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Now This: A Memoir in Essays 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enjoy Agenda: At Home and Abroad 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Review of “You Can’t Stay Here”

Sam Hedenberg’s “You Can’t Stay Here” pulls back the curtain on bartender work, and it is hilarious. We commonly think of bartenders as psychologists, shrewd observers of human kind. Hedenberg is all that and more. He muses at the outset of this engaging collection, When you ask a kid what they want to be when…More Read more of this blog post »

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The Shepherd's Calendar: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable To The Twelve Months (1898)

by Edmund Spenser

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The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax

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Rick Bailey said: " In my first three books, memoirs in essays, I’m all over the place: US, UK, Italy and San Marino, France, Canada, China. And all over time, in different phases of life: son, kid, guy, friend, spouse, parent, teacher, grandfather, retiree. About Get T ...more "

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Rick Bailey wrote a new blog post A Review of “You Can’t Stay Here” Sam Hedenberg’s “You Can’t Stay Here” pulls back the curtain on bartender work, and it is hilarious. We commonly think of bartenders as psychologists, Read more of this blog post »
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Rick Bailey added a status update: Drop and Add has 8 five-star ratings so far. And some terrific reviews. "An expert sense of narrative pacing that carries the reader along at top speed, and an impressively precise eye and ear for the details that make a scene and character come alive." Thanks to the 100 recipients for choosing Drop and Add. And thank you for your reviews.
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Rick Bailey made a comment on Donald Levin’s review of Drop and Add " Whoa, thanks for this review! Love your "migrant workers" comment. A direct hit. ...more "
Sep 18, 2024 05:11AM · see review
Rick Bailey made a comment on Nancy’s review of Drop and Add " Nancy! thank you so much for this review. So glad you got to the "humor and heart" of the novel. ...more "
Jun 20, 2024 02:02AM · see review
Rick Bailey made a comment on Liane’s review of Drop and Add " Thanks so much for this review, Liane. "
Jun 20, 2024 01:57AM · see review