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Garrison Keilor

Intro | Bruce Barcott | Bill Bryson | Tim Cahill | Daniel Coyle | Kevin Fedarko | Ian Frazier | Bill Gifford | Mark Jenkins | Sebastian Junger | Garrison Keilor | Jon Krakauer | Peter Matthiesson | Susan Orlean | Bob Shacochis | Hampton Sides | Jane Smiley | Rob Story | Patrick Symmes | Bill Vaughn | Brad Wetzler | Randy Wayne White | Bucky McMahon | Tim Zimmermann | Steven Rinella | Wells Tower | David Quammen

A fixture of Midwestern wit and humor for over 30 years, Garrison Keillor has contributed articles to Outside on the virtues of warm boots and the appeal of the outdoor life. Born in Anoka, Minnesota, in 1942 and a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Keillor has spent most of his professional life on the radio. His live music and drama show, "A Prairie Home Companion," celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2004, and is heard by four million listeners each Saturday night on over
Books by Garrison Keilor
A Prairie Home Companion: 20th Anniversary Collection

Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America

Good Poems

558 public radio stations. Keillor is the author of numerous novels and essays that draw heavily from his Midwestern roots, including his most recent book on politics, Homegrown Democrat (2004). He also writes regularly for Time, Salon.com, and The New Yorker, where he began his writing career in the mid-1970s. Keillor is most famous for stories about his fictionalized Minnesota hometown, Lake Woebegon, whose residents embody America's quirky rural values. At the conclusion of each broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion," Keillor launches into the "News from Lake Woebegon," a rambling monologue on the lives of the town's stoic, phlegmatic families that regular listeners know like their neighbors.

Sin in the Great Outdoors
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Boots That Fight Cool-Guy Conformity
A new pair of Sorels is for clomping and surviving and kicking stupid people, says our man from Minnesota



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