Roy Blount Jr.

A piercing discussion on the point of mosquitoes

Getting to the bottom of a linguistic trough

Roy Blount Jr. steps back in time to his family’s old-school summers on the water

Not feeling sheepish about the barnyard Billy

Recollections from spring on the diamond

Getting to the meat of a beloved salmon dish—and Faulkner

The truth about desert-island “getaways”

Protecting a courtyard from an unsightly intruder

Ruminating on a reluctance to boogie

Rambling along in the Sunshine State

Thoughts on some inventions we need—and some we don’t

A world of possibilities for hybrid musical genres

…and getting sweaty about it

A few thoughts on a Southern debate for the books

Roy Blount, Jr. goes a little nuts

A Southerner’s guide to Christmas in France

Getting to the bottom of bait and crackers

Roy Blount, Jr. on why the South just wouldn’t be the same without sweat

Whipping up some enthusiasm for one of life’s elemental pleasures

Finding wisdom on the walls… and in the sides