{"product_id":"the-enjoy-agenda-9781496214690","title":"The Enjoy Agenda","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part travelogue, The Enjoy Agenda takes readers from Rick Bailey's one-stoplight town in Michigan farm country to Stratford, England, to the French Concession in Shanghai, the Adriatic coast of Italy, and to a small village in the Republic of San Marino.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rick Bailey re-creates for us what Virginia Woolf calls \u003ci\u003emoments of being\u003c\/i\u003e, those bright bursts of beauty, loss, communion, and bewilderment that constitute a life. I defy you to read one of these deliciously addictive essays without gulping down the entire book.”—Eileen Pollack, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Woman in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eRick Bailey’s essays overflow with warmth, humor, truth. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e offers keen observations, nuggets of wisdom, stories of the heart.”—Christine Rhein, poet and the author of \u003ci\u003eWild Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s not often I read a book of essays and fall in love with the writer and the characters in his life. But that’s what happened reading Richard Bailey’s \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . It is a lovely antidote to the despair and chaos in today’s world.”—David James, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Torn Dance Card \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of food and music, longing, and curiosity, \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of brief illuminations where each essay arrives like a good friend with a story to tell. With generosity and sincerity, Rick Bailey is a writer who wants to share the world with you, and his book is one of discoveries, small marvels, and celebrations.”—Matthew Olzmann, author of \u003ci\u003eContradictions in Design\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Knowledgeable, funny, and utterly curious, Bailey comes off as everyone’s favorite uncle, who returns from far-flung reaches to share wise tales and good wine. And though this book teems with quirky asides, curious tangents, and plenty of self-deprecating humor, what comes through strongest is a decades-long romance that is worthy of study and emulation.”—Joey Franklin, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Wife Wants You to Know I’m Happily Married\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clearing out the parental home, finding the best gelato in an Italian village, using photos to purchase (sans language) a screwdriver in Shanghai: Rick Bailey’s reminiscences are enhanced by research, literary references, and the simple pleasure he takes in the world around us. This is engaging, thoughtful work.”—Terry Blackhawk, Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellow\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Hooray for miscellany, for odds and ends gathered between covers, designed to charm and surprise! Rick Bailey launches right into his quirky thoughts on myriad subjects (music, art, food, travel, health, language, etc.) and doesn’t let up for the duration of this wonderfully original, unpredictable book. \u003ci\u003eThe Enjoy Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e subtly and insistently suggests that life is a gift to be enjoyed, a goal the book itself fulfills for readers.”—Patrick Madden, author of \u003ci\u003eQuotidiana\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSublime Physick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Inner Music\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shorty\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bridge\u003cbr\u003e 4. Call It a Dance\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tilt    \u003cbr\u003e 6. Bring Your Horn\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mindful, Bodyful\u003cbr\u003e 8. Tied    \u003cbr\u003e 9. The Birds and the Beatles\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cookies and What? \u003cbr\u003e 11. GelatiAmo\u003cbr\u003e 12. Beheading\u003cbr\u003e 13. Idaho\u003cbr\u003e 14. Good Bad\u003cbr\u003e 15. Critters\u003cbr\u003e 16. iSmell\u003cbr\u003e 17. Alarm\u003cbr\u003e 18. Up a Creak\u003cbr\u003e 19. At Least It’s Not Terrible\u003cbr\u003e 20. Wreckage\u003cbr\u003e 21. About Your Stuff\u003cbr\u003e 22. Try a Little BLT\u003cbr\u003e 23. And Then You Eat It\u003cbr\u003e 24. Buddy, Can You Spare a Mao? \u003cbr\u003e 25. The Dope with the Camera\u003cbr\u003e 26. ATM, Wontons, Lizard\u003cbr\u003e 27. Fang Xin\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Fifteenth Floor\u003cbr\u003e 29. Chalant\u003cbr\u003e 30. Just Call\u003cbr\u003e 31. Say What? \u003cbr\u003e 32. Cowboys and Vespers\u003cbr\u003e 33. Planticide Now\u003cbr\u003e 34. The Cheese of Forgiveness\u003cbr\u003e 35. Please, After You\u003cbr\u003e 36. When Bacco Smiles\u003cbr\u003e 37. Have I Got a Ragu for You\u003cbr\u003e 38. Bite Down\u003cbr\u003e 39. Difficult Worm\u003cbr\u003e 40. 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