English Majors: A Comedy Collection for the Highly Literate

by Garrison Keillor

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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.… (more)

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short pieces including Macbeth and Hamlet parodies

ritaer | Aug 24, 2021 |

I wanted to finish this book, but the audiobook version of this from the library WOULD NOT stop skipping. This was rather disappointing :( (

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rkcraig88 | Jul 15, 2019 |

An enjoyable mix of humorous radio skits, poetry, and song around the theme of English literature. Somewhat repetitive over the course of the two CDs, but a good choice for a short road trip for former English majors. Must like Garrison Keillor's ponderous News from Lake Wobegon style to enjoy some of the pieces, though. There's some heavy breathing into the microphone in spots! (

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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.

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Disc 1
1. English majors (with Dave Barry)
2. John Henry (Garrison Keillor & The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.
3. The old live (Donald Hall)
4. Guy Noir, Private Eye (Billy Collins)
5. The lanyard (Billy Collins)
6. The revenant (Billy Collins)
7. Emily Dickinson Suite (Sally and Richard Dworsky)
8. The six-minute Hamlet
9. Long time leaving (Roy Blount Jr.)
10. English majors: for whom?
11. The Hochstetter house.

Disc 2
1. Celebrity classics: the ten minute Macbeth
2. Red, red rose (Garrison Keillor & The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band.)
3. Starting a poem (Robert Bly)
4. Song of myself (Walt Whitman, read by Alan Ginsburg)
5. Kerouac
6. The Scarlett letter (Calvin Trillin)
7. Family man (Calvin Trillin)
8. The family Shakespeare
9. Wild geese (Mary Oliver, read by Meryl Streep)
10. Helen Marie

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