As a character in crackers puts it, i dont read books about the south, but i read southern books. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Shop the latest titles by roy blount, jr at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. The energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof. Buy a cheap copy of pretty good joke book by roy blount jr a treasury of hilarity from one of americas favorite radio shows. Be sure to sign up for our email list if youd like to receive word when we purchase books in your area of interestor if youd like to know. Blount was a staff writer and associate editor with sports illustrated magazine from 1968 to 1975, and has continued to contribute to the magazine thereafter. Rambles around new orleans, humorist roy blount, jr. Obamas the most thoughtfulsounding president i can remember. Latest is save room for pie, a witty compilation of limericks, poems, and songs about food.
Blount, it is only slightly better than his first book about words, alphabet juice. His latest book is a collection of witty and sly observations as a southern white guy living pigeonholed up north. It is often called one of the best sports books of all time. Roy and his wife joan recently purchased the french quarter home of another writer, curtis wilkie, and will be neighbors of the faulkner society. Join us for a special, entertaining evening to benefit wwno public radio as the cast of wait, wait dont tell me. A member of the republican party, he previously served as a member of the united states house of representatives and as missouri secretary of state. Blount takes debbie elliott for a stroll through the french quarter. His professional writing career began in georgia, where he worked as a reporter and sports columnist for the decaturdekalb news from 1958 to 1959. His subsequent works have taken on a range of subjects, from duck soup, to robert e.
The joy of text, now out in paperback from farrar, straus, and giroux. Roy alton blount jr is an american writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist. Food songs and chewy ruminations kindle edition by blount, jr. Martin octavia books will donate 20% of all book sales from the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading save room for pie. Born in indianapolis and raised in decatur, georgia. His latest book, alphabet juice is quasi dictionaryglossary of the english language, peppered with literary references, cultural oddities and hilarious musings on why we choose the words we do. Time talked to blount about the most literary band in america, why he advises. He is an actor and writer, known for the manchurian candidate 2004, michael 1996 and married to the mob 1988. Latest is save room for pie, from farrar, straus and giroux. The temptation in writing about someone as witty as roy blount jr. He grew up in decatur, georgia, and now lives in western massachusetts.
We think readers, scholars and collectors will like this site almost as much as they like our stores. Lee, the first woman president of the united states, and, most recently, the alphabet. So lets put temptation before us, with a sample of whats to be found in his latest book, long time leaving. Selfpromotional bio, in third person roy blount jr. In alphabet juice, he celebrates the electricity, the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies, of letters and their combinations. Dont tell me and, in 2009, he received the thomas wolfe award from the university of north carolina. Blount is a panelist on npr s wait, waitdont tell me, expresident of the authors guild, a member of pen and the fellowship of southern authors, a new york public library. Npr coverage of roy blount jr news, author interviews, critics picks and more. Their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret. Author, actor and npr radio personality, roy blount jr. Born in indianapolis and raised in decatur, georgia, blount now lives in western massachusetts with his wife.
Food songs and chewy ruminations, to be released in march 2016. Nov 18, 2016 born to southern parents in indianapolis, indiana, in 1941, roy alton blount jr. A master storyteller and prolific writer, he has written two dozen books, including save room for pie. The first, about three bricks shy of a load, was expanded into about three bricks shy. Dont tell me, a columnist for oxford american, a contributing editor to the atlantic monthly, and president of the authors guild.
His book, alphabetter juice, the joy of text also makes him an etymologist. Born to southern parents in indianapolis, indiana, in 1941, roy alton blount jr. Roy blount, jr rambles around new orleans in a new book, feet on street. Lee, to what cats are thinking, to how to savor new orleans, to what its like. On the evidence of his twentyplus books covering topics including sports, dogs, and languageand his regular appearances on npr s wait, wait. Georgia boy turned new york wit, lover of baseball and interesting women, bumbling adventurer, literary lion, saltylimerick virtuoso and impassioned fatherjourneys into the past and his psyche also all the way to china, sixty feet underwater and to various manhattan hot spots in search of the answers to three riddles that.
Hes won over countless fans with his writing and appearances on npr s wait, waitdont tell me. He always sounds like hes thinking about what hes saying while hes saying it, and thats a rare thing in politicians. Mar 24, 2016 on the evidence of his twentyplus books covering topics including sports, dogs, and languageand his regular appearances on npr s wait, wait. In 2002, he narrated the main stream, a pbs documentary about the mississippi river. First hubby 1991, roy blounts book of southern humor 1994, which. Their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts. As of 2011, he is featured regularly as a panelist on the npr newscomedy quiz show, wait. Looking for books by roy blount jr see all books authored by roy blount jr. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. Gimme roy blount, jr october 22, 2008 author and humorist roy blount, jr. Dont tell me, a columnist for the oxford american, the president of the authors guild, a member of pen and the. Dont tell me, i knew that bon mots should fairly trip.
He is an expresident of the authors guild, a panelist on npr s wait, waitdont tell me, a new. Roy dean blunt born january 10, 1950 is an american politician who is the senior united states senator for missouri, serving since 2011. I wont rate it because that wouldnt be fairtruthfully, i smile when i hear roy blount jr is a guest on npr s wait wait dont tell me. Be sure to sign up for our email list if youd like to receive word when we purchase books in your area of interestor if youd like to know when were having sales and hosting events. However, as roy even says himself, this is not a book to be read cover to cover.