English Majors: A Comedy Collection for the Highly Literate Contributor(s): Keillor, Garrison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598875884 ISBN-13: 9781598875881 Publisher: HighBridge Audio
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2008 * Out of Print * Annotation: Keillor celebrates the secret society of those who, though they may be chauffeuring kids to swim lessons or writing UNIX programs or frying cheeseburgers, still could, if need be, write a term paper on the water imagery in "The Waste Land." 2 CDs. Click for more in this series: Prairie Home Companion (Audio) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Radio - General - Humor |
Dewey: 791.44 |
Series: Prairie Home Companion (Audio) |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.4" W x 5.3" L (0.3 lbs) 2 pages |
Features: Price on Product |
Awards: Audies, Winner, Audiobook/Adapted, 2009 |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/31/2008 pg. 60 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Includes the Six-Minute Hamlet, tributes to Hawthorne and Kerouac and Emily Dickinson, a Guy Noir adventure that exposes an M.F.A. scam, Garrison Keillor's recollection of growing up bookish in a football-loving town, and the Ballad of John Henry ('John Henry was an English major and poetry was his line. He sat by the window with his yellow legal pad and he wrote one sentence at a time.') With guest appearances by Billy Collins, Roy Blount Jr., Robert Bly, Donald Hall, and Calvin Trillin. |
Contributor Bio(s): Keillor, Garrison: - As the host of A Prairie Home Companion for over forty years, Garrison Keillor has captivated millions of listeners with his News from Lake Wobegon monologues. He has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
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