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NEWS ABOUT: Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 Keillor Faces 
 Mortality 
 as 'Nice  
 67 y.o. Man' 

Author Garrison Keillor's stroke leads to realization that it's time for change

Sep 16, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor got “bitten in the butt” by mortality when he suffered a stroke earlier this month, realizing that he is now—as one doctor wrote in her report—a “nice 67 y.o. male,” he writes for Salon. “I never wanted to be a nice... More »

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health care • hospital • stroke • health care reform • Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor Hospitalized After Stroke

But expects to be
back on 'Prairie' in two weeks, as planned

Sep 10, 09 12:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor is in the hospital following a minor stroke, but he is in good condition and expects to start the new season of “A Prairie Home Companion” on time, the AP reports. “He is up and moving around, speaking sensibly, working on a laptop,” says a... More »

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hospital • stroke • Garrison Keillor

(Newser) - One minimum-wage worker farts on a salami sandwich, and suddenly the president of Domino's is issuing a public apology? “This is the world turned upside down,” writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. In the actual world, the salami fart is nothing. “The night manager just says,... More »

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YouTube • brands • fast food • humor • Domino's Pizza • pizza • Garrison Keillor

OPINION

 Lines, Arctic Temps... 
 and a Miracle: Keillor 

Writer savors the spirit of goodwill amid throng at inauguration

Jan 21, 09 9:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The lines were "the longest I have ever stood in," and the day was arctic, but there were no complaints to be heard from the jubilant throng in Washington yesterday, Garrison Keillor writes in Salon. "All kinds of people, the slim and sleek, the XXXLs, the heavily... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • inauguration • Garrison Keillor • President Obama • Inauguration Day

OPINION

Xmas Spirit Translates Better in Foreign Tongue: Keillor

Writer 'feels the religious fervor' at Spanish mass

Dec 24, 08 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Garrison Keillor is no Scrooge, but can find it hard to get the Christmas spirit, he writes for Salon. In New York for “the general dazzlement and variety,” and a holiday unbound by obligations of small-town homogeny, Keillor finds Yuletide spirit in a Spanish-language mass at St. Patrick’... More »

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Christianity • New York • Mass • holiday • Spanish • Christmas • Garrison Keillor

column

 Goodbye, RV: Hello, Real Travel 

Garrison Keillor applauds the death of his least favorite vehicle

Jun 20, 08 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - With gas prices up and on the rise, your Winnebago may soon be stuck in park—but the fall of car culture's ugliest offender will force us to reconnect with better pastimes, writes Garrison Keillor in the Chicago Tribune. “Banjo sales will pick up,” Keillor writes. “... More »

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gas • gas prices • Winnebago • recreational vehicle • automobile • storytelling • Garrison Keillor • motor home

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