“Mickey Hess will make you laugh. His book will ring very true for that segment of the population (statistically growing)
that can't quite let go of school once college is over and can't quite settle into the career path that leads to middle age and death,
without having just a few existential yucks beforehand. However, even if you went straight from university to marriage and the nine-to-five,
you can still enjoy this book as a look at how the other half struggles….buy the book and tell your friends they'll have to buy
 their own. It's worth it.”—Curled Up With A Good Book

“Big Wheel is a rollicking adventure of Hess’s early years trying to stay afloat in the world of college teaching….It’s a light-hearted
book dealing with that period in life when you have to go from being a reckless youth to an adult, without sacrificing anything…
what I like most about Hess’s writing is that he’s funny and self-aware enough to make great
observations about himself and others…highly recommended.”—Sly Oyster

“Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory is an absolute winner, exploring the difficulties and trials of finding a job, facing a
lifetime of work, and searching for meaning somewhere within that work. Mickey Hess writes with truthful
 insights and rip-roaring hilarity.”—Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned

“Like White Noise, without the angst or postmodernism” —Al Burian, author of Burn Collector

“Mickey Hess has taken his experiences as a struggling writing instructor and made them into a wry, picaresque novel.
Thoroughly humorous.” —Cleveland Plain-Dealer

“Underground publishing advocate Mickey Hess uses deadpan humor and pungent observations to describe the price he pays for pursuing a
passion—teaching college students how to write.”—Chicago Reader, which awarded Big Wheel “Critic’s Choice”

“Big Wheel is the story of a young part-time college lecturer and his friends, and their relationship to working. Mickey Hess is a
passionate, funny man who loves to teach writing to his students, encouraging creativity with sometimes very unconventional ideas (playing
basketball with baby doll heads comes to mind)” —Christopher Taylor, Boxcar Books

“Mickey Hess’s story of a year in the life of an English instructor brings to mind Whitman’s celebration of himself as an observer and
mirror image of life’s parade in Song of Myself. He takes on varied odd jobs—ice cream man; improv comedian; volunteer at a
Billy Graham crusade revival—for both the money and what he finds to be a requirement of
teaching: experience” —Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labo

“The book is insightful, but also funny as hell … made me laugh out loud. Mickey has great comedic
timing with a deadpan delivery. Highly recommended.”—Xerography Debt

“Got my attention … I found myself nodding (and smiling).”—Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today