GARRISON KEILLOR is America’s favorite storyteller. For more than forty years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. He is an essayist, columnist, Substack blogger, and writer of sonnets, songs, and limericks. And he is the author of more than two dozen books, including Lake Wobegon Days, That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life, Boom Town: A Lake Wobegon Novel, Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80: Why you should keep on getting older, Cheerfulness (2023) and Brisk Verse (2024).