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A Conversation with Roy Blount Jr. - 29 April 2009
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
A Conversation with Roy Blount Jr. - 29 April 2009
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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15 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2009
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Humorist Roy Blount Jr. sits down with Grant for a conversation about the controversy over writers' rights and the Amazon Kindle 2. As president of the Authors Guild, Blount has argued that writers whose work is featured on the Kindle 2 should earn extra royalties because its text-to-speech feature essentially turns written works into audiobooks. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/opinion/25blount.htmlBlount also discusses his own recent book, Alphabet Juice, talks about 'sonicky' words and noodling for catfish, and clears up the mystery of whether the cancan dancers at George Plimpton's memorial really did honor the late writer's request that they perform without panties.Read the first chapter of Alphabet Juice here.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/books/chapters/chapter-alphabet-juice.htmlFind out more about Blount and his work here.http://www.royblountjr.com/--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org.Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.
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Apr 29, 2009
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