Great Regulars: Diagnosis

by Sharon Olds

By the time I was six months old, she knew something

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Diagnosis by Sharon Olds

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Farley, Iowa
by Christopher Wiseman

The farm is gone. The Comer farm is gone.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Farley, Iowa by Christopher Wiseman

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Head Cheerleader
by Jack Ridl

At halftime, she finds

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Head Cheerleader by Jack Ridl

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My Love For All Things Warm and Breathing
by William Kloefkorn

I have seldom loved more than one thing at a time,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: My Love For All Things Warm and Breathing by William Kloefkorn

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XI.
by Wendell Berry

Though he was ill and in pain,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: XI. by Wendell Berry

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What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows
by Eleanor Lerman

A man is begging on his knees in the subway. Six-thirty

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: What the Dark-Eyed Angel Knows by Eleanor Lerman

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Where They Were and What They Were Doing
by Matt Cook

I was looking through Milwaukee newspapers

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Where They Were and What They Were Doing by Matt Cook

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