You look kind of tired. I don't get it. For the record, Keillor, now an independent contractor and no longer an employee of Minnesota Public Radio, does make a large, undisclosed sum of money. He is also a major donor to MPR and has dedicated half the royalties for two previous books to the network, although there's no such arrangement with the Valente book. He admits that Ventura's election is a huge gift for Minnesota humorists, and it's hard to miss the implications when Keillor says everyone wants to talk about Ventura, and read about him.
Readers get their chance soon.
Keillor's parody of Ventura is due out at the end of this month, Ventura's version comes out in June. And the two Minnesota institutions may be battling it out again on the bestseller lists this summer. Major funding for Minnesota Public Radio's regional Internet activities is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.