36. Great old troublemaker

Garrison Keillor im Gespräch mit der New York Times:

Whom do you consider your literary heroes? 

John Updike for his vast ambition and the Lutheran diligence that realized it. Edward Hoagland for his style and bravery and love of the world. May Swenson, again for bravery, independence, also wit. A. J. Liebling and Roy Blount Jr. as reporters who wrote literature: You can read them over and over and over. P. G. Wodehouse for sheer elegance and invention. Robert Bly, a wonderful poet into his 80s, a great old troublemaker.