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11/24/2025

A few questions posed to Billy Collins on the publication of his new book, Dog Show: Poems. This book would make a great gift for any dog owner this holiday season! Learn more about Billy and the book and read the poem ' A Dog, on his Master'

Poet Billy Collins (born March 22, 1941) once said, “While the novelist is banging on his typewriter, the poet is watching a fly in the window pane.” Collins grew up in Queens. His mother was a nurse who could recite verse on numerous subjects, and his father was an electrician who used to bring...

11/18/2025

Congratulations to our friend Billy Collins on the publication of his new book Dog Show: Poems today. This book is sure to be treasured by anyone who has loved a four legged friend.

“Everyone who has a dog—or still grieves for one—will find themselves in this collection of witty, sweet and poignant poems by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins . . [an] eminently giftable collection.”—The Washington Post

Get Dog Show: Poems -

Billy Collins’s celebrates the joy of our canine best friends, honoring the love we feel for the animals who play such vital roles in our lives. In twenty-five poems, Collins distills the many ways dogs warm our hearts, from the happiness we experience as we watch a dog run unenc...

11/13/2025

Happy Holidays! For one week, until 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18th, save 20% on all BOOKS in our store. Add a personal touch to your gift giving by selecting a tome you think the recipient will enjoy — whether it’s a collection of jokes, a collection of poetry, a few Lake Wobegon stories, or a holiday tale. Start shopping now - https://shop.garrisonkeillor.com/collections/books?sort_by=created-descending&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

PS - remember holiday shipping deadlines are earlier this year due to the Prairie Home Christmas tour.

11/06/2025

Holiday Special: ONLY $12.99 until Tuesday, Nov 11th!
Catch up on Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80, Garrison’s humorous take on aging and why we should all want to keep getting older..
In Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80, GK leans into the beauty of getting old. “My life is so good at 79 I wonder why I waited this long to get here,” he writes. You learn that Less Is More, the great lesson of Jesus and also Buddha. Each day becomes important after you pass the point of life expectancy. Big problems vanish, small things make you happy. And the worst is behind you because you lack the energy to be as foolish as you might otherwise be. Includes 23 rules for aging, among them “Enumerate your benefits,” “Enjoy inertia,” “Get out of the way,” “Don’t fight with younger people; they will be writing your obituary,” and finally, “Ignore rules you read in a book. Do what you were going to do anyway.” Readers are sure to chuckle at the wisdom and humor contained in this short, full-color volume (there are photos from Garrison’s life as well as reproductions of fine art)

Grab the book that The Saturday Evening Post described as a "90 page self-published masterwork on aging."

Created just for fans as a keepsake from Garrison. Here is a short preview: “My life is so good at 79 I wonder why I waited this longto get here,” writes Mr. Keillor. “I look at the front pageof the paper and think, ‘Not My Problem.’ The worldbelongs to the young, I am only a tourist, and ...

11/02/2025

Join the festive fun! Stories, songs, sketches, the News from Lake Wobegon and lots of other tinsel thrown in. Austin, Boston, Galveston, Nashville, New York and St. Paul.
Join Garrison and the full cast and crew this December. Information and dates - https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/schedule/

10/18/2025

Are you listening to KANW broadcast of the Sept 7th 50th Anniversary show?

NPR Affiliate Public radio from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Your source for news and music.

10/15/2025

A Prairie Home Companion on public radio for one week only and only on KANW by special arrangement with the promoter, Santa Fe Opera and Lensic 360. Details below for the original broadcast of the September 7th show on October 18 and 19 below. . . tune in and let's make this happen again (and on more stations)

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Santa Fe Opera on September 7, 2025, A Prairie Home Companion 50th Anniversary Show is a two-hour performance celebrating the half-century milestone of Garrison Keillor’s one-of-a-kind radio broadcast, which first hit the airways in July of 1974. Comedy ...

10/08/2025

Come to one of Garrison Keillor’s upcoming live shows! You will hear stories, songs, limericks, and of course the News from Lake Wobegon.

CLICK HERE to see the schedule! https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/schedule/

09/30/2025

Our wonderful musical director of A Prairie Home Companion will join Garrison in concert for a rare duo show on November 6th and 7th. Richard Dworsky has also been busy creating, producing, and releasing new music in anticipation of having a full album. Here is a jazzy tune featuring Tony DeSare on vocals, called “It’s Our Turn Now.”

Words and Music by Richard DworskyTony DeSare – vocalRichard Dworsky – pianoHarry Allen – tenor saxophoneDavid Singley – guitarGordon Johnson – bassJoe Pulic...

09/14/2025

A poignant song from this past week’s A Prairie Home Companion show-

In memory of the school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 27, 2025.Garrison Keillor, Heather Masse, Christine DiGiallonardo, Chris Siebold -...

09/12/2025

Celebrate gratitude in style with our limited edition tee, featuring the uplifting mantra "Giving Thanks is the Key to Happiness."

CLICK HERE to buy one today!

Our limited edition Garrison quotation product selection continues with this classic shirt highlighting a simple life mantra. "Giving Thanks is the Key to Happiness" is exactly where its at - being happy and appreciative for everything you have in your life. Lightweight cotton/poly blend shirt is av...

09/10/2025

It’s a brisk process to buy a personalized copy of Brisk Verse by Garrison Keillor.

What you’ll get: Almost 200 poems on diverse topics, including Brevity, Thongs, Minnesota, Manners, Mozart, Marilyn Monroe, Failure, Fatherhood, Episcopalians, Plumbing, Spaghetti, Spring, Online Love, Eighty, and the National Anthem as it might’ve been written by Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Frost, and other poets.

CLICK HERE to buy yours today!

BRAND NEW IN 2024. BRISK VERSE by Garrison Keillor, a collection of original invigorating verse. Read it to yourself or aloud to friends, family, or passersby. One hundred and thirty-two poems in all — diverse topics, including Brevity, Thongs, Minnesota, Manners, Mozart, Marilyn Monroe, Failure, ...