My Private Wobegon
stories from home
Every Saturday, Garrison Keillor takes the stage and shares stories of the people and events of his hometown, Lake Wobegon, Minnesota.
From 2001 to summer 2003, we invited listeners to send us a short story or a poem about their homes for a feature called "Stories from Home."
Here we have collected some of the submissions. We hope you enjoy the stories. We'll be introducing more opportunities for listeners to submit their own work in the coming months.
Featured Story
Pennsylvania MoonlightBy Janet Hess
I watched my mother flip through
the book, then study a single page.
"That's our best card," the
man said. "It's our 1955 Special Limited Edition. You want,
we can personalize." He looked at Russell. "Like The
Russell B. Conlin Family, and then all your names. "... Continue...
Featured Poem
Drinking Coffee at the Central City CafeBy Laura Treacy Bentley
Tonight at the Carousel,
a stripper will shimmy the organic
macaroni right off the shelves...
Continue...
Previous Stories
- Christmas Noir (7/03/03)
- Matthews Avenue, Bronx, N.Y., September '78 (7/03/03)
- Ectoplasm at the Waffle House (5/20/03)
- Perfect Knowledge (5/20/03)
- The King is Alive and Well at the Local Sub Shop (4/16/03)
- Pears (4/16/03)
- A Cataclysmic Economic Downturn (3/15/03)
- Small Town Full of Big Stories (3/15/03)
- Coffebreak (3/15/03)
- The Recipe for Gravity (2/1/03)
- Appalachian Breeze (2/1/03)
- Cassiopeia (12/20/02)
- The Girl Who Learned to Levitate By First Learning to Breathe (12/20/02)
- Slow Death in the Waiting Room (11/1/02)
- Sneakers on a Wire (11/1/02)
- Casserole Ladies (9/15/02)
- Pain Redux (9/15/02)
- Drinks All Around (7/1/02)
- Wasteland Golf (5/22/02)
- Bob Perryman (5/22/02)
- Something Better (5/1/02)
- Memories (5/1/02)
- mn/twelve (4/1/02)
- Planting Wisteria (4/1/02)
- Pancake Surprise (4/1/02)
- On Turning 50, in Texas (3/1/02)
- Girl Scout Gets Stuck (3/1/02)
- Bullroarer (3/1/02)
- Stella Maris (2/15/02)
- The Cooking Circle (2/15/01)
- A Glance Back (2/1/02)
- The Long Goodbye (2/1/02)
- Now It Looks Respectable (12/15/01)
- Ordinary Poets (12/15/01)
- Fisherman's Son (11/1/01)
- The Dreamer (11/1/01)
- What Happened During the Ice Storm (10/6/01)
- Her Most Perfect Day Ever (9/15/01)
- I Have the Serpent Brought (8/30/01)
Now Available:
A Christmas Blizzard
GK's New Holiday Story
A comic novella about a Hawaii-bound holiday traveler who ends up stranded in his North Dakota hometown.
Audio edition also available»
The Prairie Home cruise has become legendary on two of the Seven Seas and now is setting sail on a third, a weeklong spring break cruise of the western Caribbean along the Mexican coast, and it leaves March 14 from Tampa.
Stories of a Wobegon romance far from home, all delivered with Garrison Keillor's trademark humor.
Read the first chapter»Signed Copies Available»
The latest collection of Lake Wobegon short stories gathered from live broadcasts include Confirmation Sunday, the church directory photos, Pastor Ingqvist's leather bound sermons along with song lyrics and the "95 Theses," among others. Companion audio also available.
Order now!»