“Growing Up with the Flambeaus” and “The Death of Byron” appeared in Wobegon Boy by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 1997).
“My Sister Kate” appeared in Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 2001).
“Pontoon Boat” appeared in Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 2007).
“Chickens” (as “Chicken”) and “Truckstop” appeared in Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 1987). (“Chicken” was first published in The Atlantic).
“Henry” (as “Drop Dead, Lewis Carroll: History’s Rejection Slips”) appeared in The New York Times.
“Lonesome Shorty,” “Casey at the Bat” (as “Casey at the Bat (Road Game)”), “Marooned,” “Earl Grey,” “Don Giovanni,” “Zeus the Lutheran,” and “Al Denny” appeared in The Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 1993). (“Lonesome Shorty,” “Zeus the Lutheran,” and “Al Denny” were first published in The New Yorker.)
“The Babe,” “Your Book Saved My Life, Mister,” “My Life in Prison,” and “Anglicans” (as “Episcopal”) appeared in We Are Still Married by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 1989). (“The Babe” was first published in Sports Illustrated; “My Life in Prison” in The Atlantic.)
“Mother’s Day” (as “Drama for Mama”) and “Health” (as “Vetting the Health Care Issue”) appeared in “The Old Scout” column, A Prairie Home Companion website.
“Taking a Meeting with Mr. Roast Beef” appeared in Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny by Garrison Keillor (Penguin, 2012).
“Jimmy Seeks His Fortune in Fairbanks” appeared in Me: The Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente Story by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 1999).
“At The New Yorker: My Own Memoir” appeared in Love Me by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 2003).
“Rules of Orchestra” (as “A Foot Soldier in God’s Floating Orchestra”) appeared in BBC Magazine.
“Newspapers” (as “Elements of Style in the 21st Century”) appeared in The Baltimore Sun.
“George” (as “Remembering Plimpton”) appeared on the A Prairie Home Companion website.
“Fame” (as “The Sorrows of Fame”) appeared on Salon.com.
“Power” (as “If I Ruled the World”) appeared in Prospect Magazine.
“Chet” appeared in Tales from Country Music by Gerry Wood (Sports Publishing, 2003).
“College Days” appeared in Homegrown Democrat by Garrison Keillor (Viking, 2004).
“My Stroke (I’m Over It)” (as “My Above-Average Stroke”) appeared in Men’s Health.
“Home” (as “There’s No Place Like Home”) appeared in National Geographic.
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“Bus Children,” “Billy the Kid,” “The Owl and the Pussycat,” and “O, What a Luxury,” from O, What a Luxury by Garrison Keillor. Copyright © 2013 by Garrison Keillor. Used by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Any third party use of this material, outside of this publication, is prohibited.
“Gospel Birds” from Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor. Copyright © 2010 by Garrison Keillor; admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by permission of Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.
“Mark” (as a review entitled “Mark Twain’s Riverboat Ramblings”) originally appeared in The New York Times Book Review, and is used here with permission.
“Little Becky” from WLT: A Radio Romance by Garrison Keillor. Copyright © 1991 by Garrison Keillor. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
“Drowning 1954” reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from Happy to Be Here by Garrison Keillor. Copyright © 1976 by Garrison Keillor. All rights reserved.
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
1: Roger Angell, The New Yorker
2, 3: Prairie Home Productions
4: Tom Arndt
5: © Caroline Forbes