Happy to Be Here (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Garrison Keillor
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Midwest, Small-town life, Popular culture, Baseball, Radio or radio broadcasting, Comedy, Minnesota, Christmas
- Locales: Minnesota
Happy to Be Here is subtitled Stories and Comic Pieces. The original version contains twenty-nine selections and is divided into five parts. An expanded edition appeared the next year. Most of the selections can be classified as short stories, although some are parodies of other genres or brief comic sketches. Most are humorous, although a few are mood pieces that scarcely rely upon humor at all. The book's title story, which originally appeared in The New Yorker under the title “Found Paradise,” is a monologue by a writer who has left the city for the dubious...
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