Audiobooks narrated by Garrison Keillor

3 Dozen Poems: From the Writer's Almanac

"The favorite poems from Garrison Keillor's daily radio program The Writer's Almanac. Selections include: - Ge Mig En Dag (Scandinavian traditional) - Abecedary (Thomas Disch) - Old Mother Hubbard (traditional) - Frankenstein (Edward Field) - Names of Horses (Donald Hall) - To One Who Asked Me Why I Love J.G. (Ephelia) - What I Learned from My Mother (Julie Kasdorf) - When Adam Was Created (anonymous) - Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? (William Shakespeare) - Casey Jones (anonymous) - I Think to Live (Emily Dickenson) - Fallacy of Experience (William Harmon) - Crocodile (William Jay Smith) - Spring (Mary Oliver) - I Go Back to May, 1937 (Sharon Olds) - Language of Crows (Louis Jenkins)"

Writer's Almanac (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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77 Love Sonnets

"“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon. I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”—Garrison Keillor Features music by Rich Dworsky. Please note content contains adult themes."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Christmas Blizzard

"A short comic novel about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown during a blizzard. A wealthy and depressed man (thanks to the economy he’s not quite rich enough to expand his cache of paintings by Vincent Van Guy, the famed Dutch realist) bound for Christmas in the tropics is abruptly summoned home to North Dakota to visit an ailing aunt. He arrives just in time to be trapped there by a blizzard. The electricity goes out, and when it does, figures from his childhood appear, and historical figures too, for a festive candlelit holiday. In his reverie, our man reaches an epiphany worthy of the season—he hears the harkening angels sing, he is awed by the silence of the night (dead quiet: not even TV) and when he is finally rescued, leaves North Dakota resolved to simplify his life."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Life in Comedy: An Evening of Favorites from a Writer's Life

"In April 2002, Garrison Keillor gave three live performances at the Yale Repertory Theatre, reading from a variety of his published and unpublished stories, novels, and essays. The award-winning radio personality and man behind the Lake Wobegon phenomenon presented his original musings on the life and times in which we live. Presenting one man, one mike, and a captive audience of fans both old and new, this audio recording captures the intimacy and the hilarity of those special performances."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Christmas

"Originally broadcast on Christmas Eve 1994, A Prairie Home Christmas is a delightful compilation of all-time-favorite highlights from past holiday broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion.Contents: Christmas Time's a Comin'; Jordan Carols; Shop for Christmas Presents; Scrooge; Children, Go Where I Send Thee; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Christmas Gifts for the Staff; If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas; Settin' by the Fire; Nothing But a Child; Christ Child's Lullaby; Nowell: Owt of Your Sleep; Bach's Christmas Oratorio; A Polish Christmas with Walter Bobbie; Det Kimmer Nu; Oh How Lovely Is the Evening; Silent Night; Nine Lessons and Carols; Carol of the Children; Mr. Bergy's Christmas; Solstice Medley; The Christmas Pageant; There Are Angels Hovering Round; O Little Town of Bethlehem."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Ensemble Cast, Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion 10th Anniversary

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary

"This retrospective collection of A Prairie Home Companion features complete monologues drawn from 20 years of radio broadcasts Filled with gentle humor, down-home truths, and amazing depths of tenderness and meaning, these tales of "the little town that time forgot and the decades could not improve" are classics of American storytelling. Contents: Hello Love; O Captain, My Captain; I Will; Tomato Butt; Barnyard Dance; Casey at the Bat; Rhubarb; Life Is a Ballgame; Revival Tent; Calling My Children Home; The Perfect Day; The Warm Welcome; Regina; Carl's Dog Story; Vincent; Pontoon Boat; Goin' Home; The Lake Superior Canyon Project; Cotton; Emily Dickinson's Birthday Pizza; Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam; Troublesome Ivories; The Little Match Girl; The Elegance of Winter; Answering Machine; A Kohler Thanksgiving; Not the Cheapest Kind; Homecoming; You Drive Me Crazy; Six Minute Hamlet; The Living Flag; Stars and Stripes; Pioneer Waltz; Buddy Holly and the Pharaohs of Rhythm; My Life; Cherry Picker; Graduation Day; Julia; Raccoons; Lover's Waltz"

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion 25th Anniversary Collection

"This anniversary release features highlights from 25 years on the air, including favorite monologues like 'Truckstop,' 'Gospel Birds' and 'Pontoon Boat,' plus brand-new stories never before available on audio. Also includes a special bonus collection of 25 toe-tapping tunes with down-home music from long-time show regulars, including Butch Thompson, the Powdermilk Biscuit Band, Greg Brown, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Robin and Linda Williams, and many more. Contents:Truckstop; The Way You Look Tonight; The Trip to Norway; Cowpies; Kristina's Double Date; Won't You be My Ginger?; Gospel Birds; The Living Flag; Green Summertime; A Summer Night; Berena: A Concert Waltz; Nearer My God to Thee; Pontoon Boat; How Long, How Long Blues; Hog Slaughter; Giant Decoys; The Secret Lutherans; Deep Creek; A Rich Full Life; Guys On Ice; Clarence Cleans His Roof; Confessional; Our Team; Turn Your Radio On; Cripple Creek; Blue Train; Oh Sister, Ain't That Hot?; Chapel of Love; Oh Baby; Minneapolis Blues; Back in the City; Mandy Make Up Your Mind; Air Mail Special; Little Red Hen; Walk Over God's Heaven; That's All Right Mama; The Stars & Stripes Forever March; Hula Lou; Jingle Medley; Nashville Pickin'; Cold, Cold Heart; Down the Line; Just Rockin'; Goodnight Baby; Nobody Knows When Your Down & Out; Road to Kingdom Come; Stride by Stride; Let's Have A Party"

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion 40th Anniversary Collection

"Since A Prairie Home Companion first went on air, July 6, 1974, a steady stream of great musicians has crossed its stage—The Steele Sisters, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Peter Ostroushko, The Wailin Jennys, Robin and Linda Williams Iris DeMent, Howard Levy—plus the radio detective Guy Noir, the Cowboys Dusty and Lefty, the librarian Ruth Harrison, Duane and his Mother, and the good people of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. An all-star roster of favorite performers joined to celebrate the anniversary on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, a stone's throw from the hall where the first broadcast was made. Some highlights from that show are presented here, interwoven with archival performances by Doc Watson, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Helen Schneyer, Chet Atkins, Bill Hinkley & Judy Larson, Soupy Schindler, and Tom Keith. "

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion Anniversary Album: The First Five Years

"This festive collection is a nostalgic trip through five years of America's favorite radio show. 'Commercials' for Powdermilk Biscuits, Jack's Deep Valley Bed and more introduce songs and sketches like 'The Finn Who Would Not Take a Sauna,' and 'The Cat Came Back.' Selected from the original live radio broadcasts. Contents:"

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion Duets

"Great music is a hallmark of A Prairie Home Companion, and some of the best features pairs of guests harmonizing. This new collection brings together 14 of the best vocal and instrumental duets featured on A Prairie Home Companion, performed by a range of artists, including The Everly Brothers, Robin and Linda Williams, Leo Kottke and Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, Chet Atkins and Jethro Burns, and Garrison Keillor and Meryl Streep. Tracks:Blues Stay Away from Me-The Everly Brothers Early-Garrison Keillor and Becky SchlegelThe Oak and the Laurel-Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum Banks of Marble-Leo Kottke and Iris DeMent Autumn Leaves-Chet Atkins and Jethro Burns Visions of Mother and Dad -Robin and Linda Williams Barnyard Dance-Bill Hinkley and Judy LarsonDr. Wang-Richard Dworsky and Dan Chouinard Orphan Girl-Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Baby, It's Cold Outside-Walter Bobbie and Faith Prince Fiddlin' Around-Chet Atkins and Johnny GimbleUnder the Stars-Garrison Keillor and Kate MacKenzie Charlie's Waltz-Richard Dworsky and Anthony Ross In the Garden-Garrison Keillor and Meryl StreepOld Fashioned Love-Butch Thompson and Duke Heitger Hard Times Come Again No More-Garrison Keillor and Renee FlemingNext Time I'm in Town-Garrison Keillor and Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou HarrisT for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)-The Everly Brothers"

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Jokes Live!

"Even more of a good thing: the latest collection of knee-slappers, toe-tappers, and groaners from A Prairie Home Companion Joke Shows. 'What does IDK stand for?' 'I don't know.' 'OMG, nobody does!' . . . What is a hippie's wife called? Mississippi . . . What is the recipe for Honeymoon Salad? Lettuce alone without dressing.' Jokes are made for sharing, and everyone loves to laugh. This nonstop collection gathers the best jokes from the most recent Joke Show (11/4/2014) plus special joke segments from 2011 to the present, all recorded before live before doubled-over audiences in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and New York . . . Performers include show regulars—Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith, and Richard Dworsky—along with special guests. There's music from the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, a bucketful of Halloween jokes, a musical tribute to bad jokes, a celebration of Jewish Jokes from New York radio legend Larry Josephson, Ole and Lena jokes, a Guy Noir sketch, Dusty and Lefty, and of course, even more jokes."

Garrison Keillor (Author), Garrison Keillor (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Garrison Keillor