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Garrison Keillor

Biographical

This interview with The Atlantic magazine conducted in 1997 contains lots of biographical information about Keillor.

Here's Keillor's biography from the Prairie Home Companion site. You'll also find a photo and some links there.

How does the information presented in this brief biography differ from the two above? Which of the three would you feel most comfortable using in a paper about the author's life? Why?

Cultural

This is the homepage of the Prairie Home Companion site. There, you'll find a lot of information about the history of Keillor's radio show, a photo, and some links to related articles.

This page from the archives of the New York Times contains links to reviews of some of Keillor's work and to other articles about the author. (Free registration required.)

Maybe you're interested in researching humor, but not sure how to narrow your topic. This directory from Yahoo.com should give you plenty of ideas about how to proceed with your research.

Keillor himself examines the cultural impact of the fictional town he created in this National Geographicpiece entitled “In Search of Lake Wobegon.” What you'll find online is an excerpt. What's an efficient way of tracking done the whole essay?

Bibliographical

Ready for some of Keillor's work in etext? Here's a page with links to several of his articles at Salon.com.

Keillor participated in an AOL online interview in 1996. Click here for the transcript. What use might you make of this etext as a research source?

In the mood for a short story? This is one of Keillor's called “Talk Radio.” What does the subtitle mean? (You have to visit the link to find it!)