A Prairie Home Companion for August 11, 2007 from American Public Media

August 11, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we present a special compilation show featuring books and the people who write them. The dog days of summer are here and we'll cool down with a little reading — contemporary or classic, domestic or foreign, we have 'em all: Frank McCourt, Bill Holm and Calvin Trillin read from their respective books. Plus, we'll pay homage to Kerouac and present a home-grown version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Snow Queen. The Minnesota Opera brings arias to the Dust Bowl in "The Grapes of Wrath." Tune in this Saturday for The Prairie Home Book Festival.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo

00:00:57 GK Open

00:04:02 Calvin Trillin reads from "Family Man"

00:11:39 GK Intro Melville

00:12:13 Melville script

00:22:02 GK Intro Battlefield Band/Ian Rankin

00:22:33 "Big Leon" - Battlefield Band

Segment 2

00:25:59 Ian Rankin reads excerpt

00:28:40 GK Intro Minnesota Opera

00:29:04 "Plenty Road" from "The Grapes of Wrath," Minnesota Opera

00:31:12 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

00:32:31 GK Intro Snow Queen

00:32:49 Snow Queen script

00:59:01 Intermission, "Everybody Loves My Baby"

Segment 3

01:03:49 GK Welcome Back, Intro Kerouac script

01:04:14 Kerouac script

01:09:43 GK Intro Bill Holm

01:10:17 Bill Holm reads excerpt

01:14:37 "National Song" - Frostbraeour Male Choir

01:16:10 GK Intro Frank McCourt, monologue

01:17:25 Frank McCourt reads from "Angela's Ashes"

01:21:13 "My Love, My God" - The Boys of the Lough

Segment 4

01:23:29 The News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:47:47 "I Wash My Face in the Morning Dew" - Iris Dement

01:50:54 Catchup (Harry Potter Envy) script

01:54:22 GK Credits

01:55:45 "John Henry (Writer)" - GK and Shoes (w/Brad Paisley)

01:58:54 Outro

Photos from the show


Brian Leerhuber is Tom Joad in the Minnesota Opera's performance of The Grapes of Wrath.		Garrison chats with Grant Gershon, the pit director, and various cast members of The Grapes of Wrath.


GK with Ian Rankin		Setting up the Queen's Hall stage


Bagpiper on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh		Audience members give show "thumbs up"