Word: keillor
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Nestled in New Hampshire's White Mountains, Jefferson (pop. 880) is a New England version of Garrison Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon. These days, however, Jefferson's calm has been shattered by a real-life nightmare that might have been concocted by Horror Novelist Stephen King. Since May, 19 fires have destroyed or damaged seven homes and a motel, injuring three residents. Authorities believe the fires were set by a local arsonist...
MOMENT MOST LIKE A JERRY LEWIS TELETHON. Garrison Keillor of Lake Wobegon (where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average) gave a syrupy rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner, complete with children, adorable...
...broadcast on CBS on May 27, the show may sound better on television than it did live in Carnegie Hall. But it did have its high points: Broadway and TV Star Nell Carter hip-hopping through Alexander's Ragtime Band, Michael Feinstein singing I Love a Piano, and Garrison Keillor reciting All Alone. But then there were the lows: tinny amplification, an overpowering brass section, Bea Arthur's oomphless Hostess with the Mostes' and Leonard Bernstein's self- indulgent twelve-tone parody of A Russian Lullaby. Bernstein was also notable for ad hoc choreography. In seamless motion during the final...
Editor's Choice FICTION AGENTS OF INNOCENCE, David Ignatius -- THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, Tom Wolfe -- LEAVING HOME, Garrison Keillor -- THE RADIANT WAY, Margaret Drabble -- ROCK SPRINGS, Richard Ford -- A SOUTHERN FAMILY, Gail Godwin NONFICTION A LIFE IN PEACE AND WAR, Brian Urquhart -- THE MAKING OF THE AFRICAN QUEEN, Katharine Hepburn -- MAN OF THE HOUSE, Tip O'Neill with William Novak -- THE MASK OF COMMAND, John Keegan -- MIAMI, Joan Didion -- THE SONGLINES, Bruce Chatwin
...CHILD IN TIME, Ian McEwan -- FIRST LIGHT, Charles Baxter -- LEAVING HOME, Garrison Keillor -- OUTLAWS, George V. Higgins -- A SOUTHERN FAMILY, Gail Godwin...