Garrison Keillor discusses his book Pontoon at the Ford Hall Forum, audio recording and transcript

Garrison Keillor, author, storyteller, humorist, and creator of the weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion, joins us tonight to share from his latest Lake Wobegon novel. Set in the iconic Midwestern small town – a place where “the women and strong, the men are good looking, and all the children are above average” – Pontoon is a story about a woman with a secret. Keillor’s tales of lake Wobegon have touched the hearts of millions and, as stated by the Chicago Tribune, captured “what is small and ordinary and therefore potentially profound and universal in American life.” This program is presented in collaboration with WGBH.https://dc.suffolk.edu/fhf-av/1070/thumbnail.jp

Garrison Keillor: An Evening with Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor, author, storyteller and humorist, discusses his life and life in America in general. A Minnesota native, Keillor began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and on July 6, 1974, hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul. The show ended in 1987, resumed in 1989 in New York as The American Radio Company, returned to Minnesota and in 1993 resumed its original name. Each week 2.6 million listeners on more than 450 public radio stations now hear the show. Keillor also hosts a daily five-minute radio program, The Writer\u27s Almanac, is a frequent contributor to Time magazine and writes a biweekly column of advice to the lovelorn for Salon, an online magazine. He is the author of 12 books, including Lake Wobegon Days (1985), Love Me (2003) and HomeGrown Democrat (2004). Keillor has received numerous awards, including a Grammy for his recording of Lake Wobegon Days, two ACE Awards for cable television and a George Foster Peabody Award. In 1994 he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. He received a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities. With Philip Brunelle, Keillor has performed with many orchestras, including the Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and National symphonies. He has appeared at Wolf Trap, Carnegie Hall and other concert halls as a member of The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and he has performed in one-man shows across the country and on tour broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion

Garrison Keillor, 38th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Garrison Keillor is an acclaimed humorist, novelist, poet, and America\u27s most beloved radio host. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and in July 1974, he hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor has received Grammy, ACE and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of many best-selling books, he is the host of the “Writer\u27s Almanac and the author of several poetry anthologies. His reading is donated as a gift to the ODU writing community

Stories from Lake Wobegon : advanced listening and conversation skills

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SJU Class of 1984 Commencement Celebration

May 27, 1984 One-Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Year Abbey & University Church Saint John\u27s University Mr. Garrison Keillor was the guest speaker and John P. Keane was the student speaker