Long time leaving : dispatches from up South
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
975 BLOUNT
1 available
975 BLOUNT
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult) | 975 BLOUNT | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Blount, Roy. -- Jr., -- 1941-
Group identity -- Northeastern States.
Group identity -- Southern States.
National characteristics, American.
North and south.
Northeastern States -- Civilization -- Humor.
Northeastern States -- Civilization.
Southern States -- Civilization -- Humor.
Southern States -- Civilization.
Group identity -- Northeastern States.
Group identity -- Southern States.
National characteristics, American.
North and south.
Northeastern States -- Civilization -- Humor.
Northeastern States -- Civilization.
Southern States -- Civilization -- Humor.
Southern States -- Civilization.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 383 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Hard-working humorist Roy Blount Jr. lives in the North but he's from the South, a delicious tension that has always informed and shaped his work. In this new collection, he directs his acerbic wit and finely-tuned insight toward the persistent and colorful differences between the two. His essays treat every conceivable topic on which North and South misunderstand each other, from music to sports, eating, education, politics, child-rearing, religion, race, and language ("remember when there was lots of discussion of 'ebonics'?"). In this eminently quotable collection, Blount does justice to the charming, funny, infuriating facets of Southern tradition and their equally odd Northern counterpoints" -- from publisher's web-site.