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“In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.” quote by Jane Smiley — Download Open image

“In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.”

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