Garrison Keillor has written a new book, Love Me, about a Midwestern novelist turned New York advice columnist, who learns that maybe the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Here, from the Washington Post, is our hero, in New York, struggling with writers block:

Unable to write so much as a single decent paragraph, Larry sits down and compiles a list of answers to the question 'Why do I write?' 'Am otherwise unemployable,' he acknowledges, adding, moreover, that he hopes to please his old English teacher and impress women.

That, and the Post's comparison of the novel to the funniest book I've ever read, Lucky Jim, has earned Love Me a spot on my Amazon.com wishlist.

Anyone feeling generous?
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 5:37 PM