Roy Blount

Roy Blount Jr. is a humorist and longtime writer who has authored roughly two dozen books on subjects ranging from politics to barnyard animals. He is a panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me and a former president of the Authors Guild. He divides his time between western Massachusetts and New Orleans. He has contributed to the Oxford American as a contributing writer, with pieces including a 1998 essay on food songs and a 1999 piece on Johnny Mercer and the Rebel yell. He is also a former staff writer and associate editor at Sports Illustrated.