Richard E. Bailey has taught English at Henry Ford Community College since 1976. He has directed a number of interdisciplinary curriculum development projects, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. In recognition of that work Rick was recognized as an Outstanding Educator of the Year at Michigan's Trends in Occupational Education conference and, for collaborative projects, with the 2001 Millennium Team Award given by Michigan's Liberal Arts Network for Development. Past president of the Community College Humanities Association, he has published three books for middle school language arts educators (Frank Schaffer Publications, 1993, 1994, 1995) and a creative writing book, "The Creative Writer's Craft: Lessons in Poetry, Fiction, and Drama", for high school and community college level students (National Textbook Company, 1998). Each summer he directs the Cranbrook Writers' Guild Conference for promising poets and fiction writers in Michigan. In addition to book-length publications, he has published poems, short stories, and freelance articles in popular magazines and journals.