Speaking of Stories

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ROY BLOUNT, JR.

Roy Blount, Jr. (1941– ) A humorist, sportswriter, poet, performer, lecturer, dramatist, and author of twelve books, Blount has a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt and a master’s degree from Harvard. After becoming a writer and editor for Sports Illustrated, he became a contributing editor for The Atlantic Monthly. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, Vanity Fair, GQ, Rolling Stone, and National Geographic. His one-man show, Roy Blount’s Happy Hour and a Half, appeared at the American Palace Theatre. The Boston Sunday Globe said “If Sophocles had married Dorothy Parker…their child…would have sounded like Roy Blount, Jr., with one-liners linked to a tragic vision.”

 

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