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)
- 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)
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
