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Wednesday, September 14, 2005
A TOWN CALLED HO Already in a bad mood because of August Kleinzahler's essay about him, Garrison Keillor has now cut the folksy crap right out and summoned his lawyers. He's threatening to sue a young blogger unless he ceases and desists marketing a t-shirt that has A PRAIRIE HO COMPANION written on it. "You'd think we shot Guy Noir or something," complains the intimidated blogger, who has for the moment stopped selling these sweeties. I propose a line of tees that have written on them excerpts from the Kleinzahler piece: OFFERING THE MASSES REASSURANCE HIGHPITCHED BREATHLESS TREMOLO BAD POETRY BADLY READ EMBALMS WHATEVER POEMS HE READS FOR HIS TRESPASS HE MUST BE BURNED |