Appearances, speeches:

*Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me:
Weekend of February 27-28
Weekend of March l2-l3 in New Orleans

*February 5-7; Savannah Book Festival

*April 6; Reading at KGB, New York City

*April 7; Talk on Mark Twain at New York Public Library

*April 19-25;  On tour with the Rock Bottom Remainders

*January 6-9, 2011; Key West Book Festival 

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Alphabet Juice
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(also in paperback and Macmillan Audio)
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advance reviews:

"Roy Blount is one of the most clever (see sly, witty, cunning, nimble) wordsmiths cavorting in the English language, or what remains of it. Alphabet Juice proves once again that he's incapable of writing a flat or unfunny sentence." — Carl Hiassen, author of Nature Girl

"Alphabet Juice is the book Roy Blount was born to write, which considering his prodigious talent, is saying a lot. Did you know that the word LAUGH is linguistically related to chickens and pie? This is the book that any of us who urgently, passionately love words—to read them, roll them over the tongue and learn their life stories while laughing and eating chicken and pie—were lucky enough to be born to read." — Cathleen Schine, author of The New Yorkers

more on the reviews page

 

Counterpoint has published a paperback edition of
Long Time Leaving:
Dispatches From Up South