Bailey White

Bailey White Thanksgiving - 2009

"A Thanksgiving Tradition with Bailey White"
It's been an All Things Considered Thanksgiving tradition since 1991— a Bailey White original short story. Over the years, White's stories have included tales about a rose queen, a telephone man, an ostrich farmer and a wife exacting revenge. This year, White presents "The Wedding Horse." It's a tale about a life-changing relationship between a young house painter and an older woman. Thanksgiving-2009
All Things Considered, November 26, 2009 (18:18)

 

"Bill’s Flag"
A neighbor put up a huge US flag, swearing it will fly until Osama bin Laden is dead.
All Things Considered, April 6, 2001 (4:30) (Real Media®)
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Bird Window - Birdsong Nature Center - Grady County Georgia
Bird Window - Birdsong Nature Center
Grady County Georgia

Nothing with Strings - Get it at Amazon

Nothing with Strings
(NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories)

Mama Makes Up Her Mind

Mama Makes Up Her Mind
(And Other Dangers of Southern Living)


Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
(And Other Adventures on the Way Back Home)
Quite a Year For Plums


Quite a Year for Plums
Between Two Rivers Between Two Rivers
Stories from the Red Hills to the Gulf

Edited by Susan Cerulean, Janisse Ray and Laura Newton Contribution:
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A Bailey White Thanksgiving

Selected Stories from NPR® read by Bailey White

Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
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Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
(And Other Adventures on the Way Back Home)

An Interesting Live

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An Interesting Life
 Selections from "Mama Makes up Her Mind"

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 Lost Parrot and Other Stories

Bailey White Thanksgiving - 2009

"A Thanksgiving Tradition with Bailey White"
Thanksgiving-2008 - For the past 17 years, Bailey White has shared her stories with All Things Considered on Thanksgiving Day. The former first grade teacher and avid gardener from southern Georgia continues the annual tradition by weaving a tale about a small town character and his dog. These stories have been collected in a book titled Nothing With Strings.
All Things Considered, November 27, 2008 (17:29)
Nothing with Strings - The Essay

Bailey White Thanksgiving - 2008

"A Thanksgiving Tradition with Bailey White"
Thanksgiving-2008 - For the past 17 years, Bailey White has shared her stories with All Things Considered on Thanksgiving Day. The former first grade teacher and avid gardener from southern Georgia continues the annual tradition by weaving a tale about a small town character and his dog. These stories have been collected in a book titled Nothing With Strings.
All Things Considered, November 27, 2008 (17:29)
Nothing with Strings - The Essay

Bailey White Thanksgiving - 2007

An NPR® Thanksgiving day tradition continues with another slice of Americana from Bailey White. This year it's a tale about hippies and hospitality called "The Green Bus" airing on NPR®s All Things Considered.

Here and read this essay as well as selected editions of Ms. White's 15 other NPR® Thanksgiving day essays at NPR®s website.

Thanksgiving - 2006

A book store owner, a mural painter and a smitten seed and feed merchant are the primary ingredients of the recipe for this year's entree served-up from a small southern town. Tallahassee banjo picker Gordon Scott provides a refreshing after dinner mint.
Here and read this essay as well as selected editions of Ms. White's 15 other NPR® Thanksgiving day essays at NPR®s website.