Garrison Keillor

We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor

We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor
EXCERPT:  How To Write a Letter  from Garrison Keillor's book 'We Are Still Married'  We shy persons need to write a letter now and then, or else ...

Joe Newberry

Joe Newberry
  Missouri native and North Carolina transplant Joe Newberry has made music most of his life. He grew up in a family full of singers and dancers, ...

An interview with Suzy Bogguss

An interview with Suzy Bogguss
Interview by David Edin for APHC From her earliest years growing up in Aledo, Illinois, Suzy Bogguss loved music. She joined the church choir at ...

Good Poems edited by Garrison Keillor

Good Poems edited by Garrison Keillor
From Garrison Keillor:      The pleasure of making this book is the chance to put poets such as Jennifer Michael Hecht and C. G. Hanzlicek and Apr...

Good Poems American Places edited by Garrison Keillor

Good Poems American Places edited by Garrison Keillor
- - From Garrison Keillor: Good Poems, American Places. A generous selection of poems from The Writers Almanac in which poets express their love of...

Kate Mackenzie: Bluegrass Royalty

Kate Mackenzie: Bluegrass Royalty
Kate MacKenzie has been a favorite guest of A Prairie Home Companion since 1981. For many years, she was lead singer of Stoney Lonesome, with wh...

Patty Loveless: Mountain Soul

Patty Loveless: Mountain Soul
As a youngster in Kentucky, Patty Loveless listened to the Grand Ole Opry, and she wrote songs and sang with various ones of her six siblings. Af...

Dan Newton - Accordian Player

Dan Newton - Accordian Player
After winning the Nebraska State Accordion Contest at the Czech Festival in Wilber in 1987, Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton moved to Minnesota and has ...

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...

Sara Watkins

Sara Watkins
Singer, songwriter, fiddle player Sara Watkins was only eight when she, her brother Sean, and Chris Thile started Nickel Creek. The Grammy Award–w...

From the Archives: Garrison Keillor's The News from Lake Wobegon - 1980

From the Archives: Garrison Keillor's The News from Lake Wobegon - 1980
From the Archives: Garrison Keillor's News from Lake Wobegon - 1980 When A Prairie Home Companion went national in 1980, Garrison Keillor started ...

Seriously Silly with Sue Scott

Seriously Silly with Sue Scott
Sue Scott: Amazing Vocal Talent A Prairie Home Companion cast member Sue Scott's connection with Minnesota Public Radio started in late 1988 when ...