Garrison Keillor

That Time of Year: A Memoir by Garrison Keillor CHAPTER 19 PREVIEW

That Time of Year: A Memoir by Garrison Keillor CHAPTER 19 PREVIEW
  With the warmth and humor we’ve come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story. In That Time of...

Wobegon Boy: A Lake Wobegon novel by Garrison Keillor

Wobegon Boy: A Lake Wobegon novel by Garrison Keillor
On November 1, 1997, Wobegon Boy was released.  It marked a return by Garrison Keillor to re-visit the small town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota and it...

IN THE SPIRIT OF RUSS RINGSAK from David Edin, Merchandise Manager

IN THE SPIRIT OF RUSS RINGSAK from David Edin, Merchandise Manager
Russ Ringsak was the truck driver and a writer for A Prairie Home Companion, but his involvement with the show goes all the way back to its humble ...

Emily Dickinson as featured on The Writer's Almanac and in 'Living with Limericks'

Emily Dickinson as featured on The Writer's Almanac and in 'Living with Limericks'
December 10th is the birthday of Emily Dickinson (books by this author), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (1830). She lived in a brick house known a...

"Spring" from Life These Days (CD set)

"Spring" from Life These Days (CD set)
As we approach the 20th Anniversary of Life These Days, we will revisit a few of the stories from the radio plus this bonus printed story tucked in...

"Lonesome Shorty" from The Book of Guys

"Lonesome Shorty" from The Book of Guys
As we approach the 25th Anniversary of the publication of Garrison Keillor's short story collection The Book of Guys, we are revisiting a few of th...

What's been going on around here lately

What's been going on around here lately
The Swedish Academy’s decision to not award the Nobel Prize in Literature this spring hit me hard, of course. I figured this would be my year and w...

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Forgot password, try again
It’s spring in Minnesota finally. My lawn is greenish, birds sing in the morning, we go walking in a sweater, no gloves. There is still ice on the ...

A Walk Down the Aisles

A Walk Down the Aisles
"My generation, which came of age in the 1950s, was the beginning of teenagerness: we adopted our own mode of dress, our own music, our standard of...

A Remaindered Sermon for Easter Sunday by GK

A Remaindered Sermon for Easter Sunday by GK
“it’s utterly simple to make a crowd feel bad, anyone can do it, but when they laugh, you feel the grace of God at work.” - Garrison Keillor, from ...