We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (583 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140131566 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is also a regular contributor to Time magazine. Garrison Keillor, author of nearly a dozen books, is founder and host of the acclaimed radio show A Prairie Home Companion and the daily program The Writer's Almanac.
His writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it’s hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you’re never quite sure where you are…. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they’re bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there.” —The Village Voice. “Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor…to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip——The Washington Post Book World“Keillor’s literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. 250,000 first printing. . Taken singly, the pieces amuse, bemuse or arouse; in bulk, they stand up less well, because they are repetitive and not fully developed," judged PW. From Publishers Weekly "The Wizard of Lake Wobegon here collects 'in one neat pile' 10 poems and 57 prose pieces, ranging in length from less than a page to as many as 22
"We are Still Married" according to Coordinator Clive. Another of my favorite Garrison Keillor's books as full of truth and humour. Recemnd to all his followers - BUY IT!. "We Are Still Reading" according to A Customer. And listening, Garrison, to your weekly escapades in Lake Wobegon.But, of course, this book is not a member of the elite Lake Wobegon Trilogy (Wobegon Days, Leaving Home, Wobegon Boy), but something else entirely.The stories here are terrific. Some laugh-out-loud funny, some touching.The story "He Didn't Go to Canada", the story of the author's 'grueling' experience in the Minnesota Elite Guard had a special resonance to me. I can't say too much, lest I spoil it.Letters From Jack is great too. A collection of less-than-inspiring one-way correspondance from Prarie Home Companion's first sponsor, Jack's Auto Service."Your Book Saved My L. When Keillor Demanded to be Taken Seriously Before he decided to throw in the towel and become what his fans wanted him to be, Garrison Keillor really wanted to see himself and his society from the outside. He spent a lot of time in New York and Denmark. In that, as we learn in this book, he became who he thought he wanted to be.In our collective lives of quiet desperation, most of us don't get that chance. We don't have the money, talent or perceived time to do so. But Keillor did.The ostensible lesson is that who we are IS who we want to be. But these notes were written before he drew that conclusion. My favorite passage is called "Episcopal," where he makes up new words to an