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Hot off the press (so to speak), here is the skinny on Garrison Keillor's cross-country book tour for the much-anticipated new Lake Wobegon novel, Pontoon.
The book is on shelves now, and Garrison will "launch" Pontoon in St. Paul and then embark on a 14-city cross-country tour.
Read the first Chapter >>
Order your copy now >>
Reviews:
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Sunday, December 16
2:00 PM
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Mendham Books
84 East Main street
Mendham, NJ
(973) 543-4949
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| Previously... |
Sunday, December 2
6:00 PM
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McNally Robinson Books
52 Prince Street,
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
New York, NY
(212) 274-1160
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Monday, October 22
7:00 PM
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Borders
830 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
312-573-0564
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Monday, October 22
12:00 PM
| Chicago, IL
Hosted by Barbara's Bookstore, held off-site at Unity Temple
875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL |
Monday, October 15
7:00 PM
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Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institute
George Washington University
Lisner Auditorium |
Sunday, October 14
6:00 PM
| Baltimore, MD
Pratt Library
400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD |
Tuesday, October 9
7:00 PM
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Portland, OR
Hosted by Powell's, held off-site at Bagdad Theater
3702 S.E Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR |
Monday, October 8
7:30 PM
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Seattle, WA
Elliott Bay
Off-site at Town Hall
1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA |
Tuesday, October 2
7:00PM
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Milwaukee, WI
Schwartz Bookshops
Live @ Alverno College Series
Alverno College's Pitman Theatre
3401 S. 39th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53234 |
Monday, October 1
7:00 PM
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Dayton, OH
Books & Co.
4453 Walnut Street, Dayton, OH 45440 |
Tuesday, September 25
8:00 PM
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San Francisco, CA
City Arts & Lectures
Marin Veteran's Auditorium
(GK will also receive the 2007 John Steinbeck award) |
Monday, September 24
7:30 PM
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San Francisco, CA
Cody's Bookstore
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way at Dana, Berkeley, CA |
Sunday, September 23
5:00 PM
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Los Angeles, CA
Writer's Bloc
The Beverly Wilshire Theater
8440 Wilshire at La Cienega, Beverly Hills |
Wednesday, September 19
7:00 PM
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Manchester, VT
Hosted by Northsire Books, held off-site at Burr & Burton Academy Gymnasium
Seminary Ave
Manchester Center, VT 05255 |
Tuesday, September 18
7:00 PM
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New York, NY
Barnes & Noble, Union Square
33 East 17th Street, New York, NY |
Monday, September 17
6:00 PM
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Boston, MA
Hosted by Ford Hall Forum, held off-site at Northeastern Univ.
Blackman Auditorium in Ell Hall (just off of Huntington Ave.)
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Thursday, September 13
7:30 PM
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Denver, CO
Tattered Cover
Lodo Store
1628 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202 |
Wednesday, September 12
7:30 PM
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Edina, MN
Barnes & Noble
3225 W 69th Street
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September 11, 2007
10:30 PM (CT) |
The Colbert Report on Comedy Central |
September 11, 2007
Check local listings |
WNYC's Fair Game |
September 10, 2007
10:00 AM |
St. Paul, MN
Common Good Books, Signing in Store all day, 165 Western Ave N
Suite 14, St. Paul, MN 55102 |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“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.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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