Other works

"Cat, You Better Come Home" - Puffin, 1995;

"Happy to Be Here" - New York: Viking, 1982;

"Lake Wobegon Boy" - New York: Viking, 1997;

"Lake Wobegon Days" - New York: Antheneum, 1985;

"Leaving Home: a Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories" - New York: Viking, 1987;

"Me: By Jimmy (Big Boy) Valenta" - New York: Viking, 1999.

"The Book of Guys" - New York: Viking, 1992;

"The Old Man Who Loved Cheese" - Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996;

"The Sandy Bottom Orchestra" - Hyperion Press, 1996;

"We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters" - New York: Viking, 1989;

"WLT: A Radio Romance" - New York: 1991;

Published books include the following:

Book: "Gospel Birds," 1985.

Book: "Comedy Theater," 1994.

Book: "Stories," 1976.

TV commercial: Honda UK ("Cog") (voiceover) (2003-).

Commentary, "Talking To Strangers--How Sweet It Is," Chicago Tribune, October 18, 2006

Interviewee: "The Haunted History of Halloween"

Commentary, "Nobody Loves You Like Your Mama Does." Published in the "Chicago Tribune," 8 May 2008.

Commentary, "Love Freedom, and Beware the Buzzword," Published in the "Chicago Tribune," 22 May 2008.

Commentary, "The Old Guy's Technical Foul Makes You LOL," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 7 August 2008.

Commentary, "Worst of Times," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 8 October 2008.

Commentary, "The Perils of Public Passion," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 3 December 2008.

Commentary, "Sitting on Top of the World," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 12 November 2008.

Commentary, "Fear the Fallout of Flushing Airplane Toilet," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 17 December 2008.

Commentary, "She Saw Her Pale Reflection in the Window. A.K.A. Torture," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 14 January 2009.

Commentary, "Speaking of Obituaries: Upward and Onward," Published in the "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 18 February 2009.

Commentary, "A People of Cold Comfort," Published in the "Minneapolis Star Tribune (USA)," 25 February 2009.

Commentary, "The Delicate Art of Brotherly Love," Published in the "Minneapolis Star Tribune (USA)," 4 March 2009.

Commentary, "Appreciation for a Great Appreciator," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 4 February 2009.

Commentary, "The Care and Feeding of Ex-Celebrities," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 11 February 2009.

Commentary, "Speaking of Obituaries: Upward and Onward," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 18 February 2009.

Commentary, "Cold Comfort," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 25 February 2009.

Commentary, "The Passage of Time," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 4 March 2009.

Commentary, "Longing for a Fortress of Solitude," Published in "Chicago Tribune (USA)," 24 June 2009.

Author: Article: "My Great Escape", The Independent Newspaper, Issue 7157, 1st September 2009, Published by Independent News and Media Limited

(2004) Introduction to <i>The Complete Peanuts: 1950 to 1952</i> by Charles M. Schulz, Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1-56097-589-X.