We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters
Apr 1990 · Sold by Penguin
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“Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor…to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip——The Washington Post Book World
“Keillor’s literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you’re never quite sure where you are…. [His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it’s hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they’re bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there.” —The Village Voice
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Tom Chandler
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March 12, 2015
I'd heard Keillor's 'Prairie Home Companion' on the radio (and loved it), but hadn't read his work until I bought this in 1990. It's one of the handful of books that have traveled with me in the decades since, and I never really get tired of reading it. A collection of essays and stories, it showcases Keillor's unique mixture of folksy humor and urbane, self-deprecating wit. Most importantly, it's jammed with the kind of written insights that linger long after the book has been closed, and it prepped me to read more of Keillor's books (I love the essays more than the fiction). The writing is consistently good, but the collection is somewhat uneven. I didn't care, but others might. This collection appeared relatively early in Keillor's career, yet this book (and the recently released "Keillor Reader" greatest hits essay book) remain on my Top 10 Desert Island books list.
About the author
Garrison Keillor, author of nearly a dozen books, is founder and host of the acclaimed radio show A Prairie Home Companion and the daily program The Writer's Almanac. He is also a regular contributor to Time magazine.
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