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A personal essay newsletter by a freelance writer whose work appears in outlets like The New York Times, Esquire and The Guardian. Each issue is a funny, observational piece of creative nonfiction about home life, family, aging and daily rituals.
Garrison Keillor shares humorous personal essays on aging, writing, city life and memories of small-town America, including archival Lake Wobegon monologues. Readers get gentle observational comedy and wry reflections in his familiar storytelling voice.
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