Roy Blount is a humorist, novelist, screenwriter, journalist and is the author of About Three Bricks Shy Of A Load: A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl. In this 1984 interview with Don Swaim, he discusses his experiences with his fans and some ideas for writing a “cat book.”

Listen to the Roy Blount Jr. interview with Don Swaim, May 29, 1984
(23 min. 42 sec.)

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Roy Blount Jr. discusses some of the topics covered in his collection of essays entitled, Not Exactly What I Had In Mind, in this 1985 interview with Don Swaim. The book is about, "The complexities of the turning and twisting of life," as Don puts it. Blount stresses his opinion that Mark Twain is the funniest American writer of all time.

Listen to the Roy Blount Jr. interview with Don Swaim, October 9, 1985
(23 min. 51 sec.)

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Listen to the Roy Blount Jr. interview with Don Swaim, March 8, 1989
(34 min. 57 sec.)

In this 1990 interview, Roy Blount Jr. talks with Don about his latest book, First Hubby. This is his first novel, and is proud of the fact that he can call himself a novelist and not just a humorist. Roy also describes the plot of the book, tells us the expectations of a humorist and talks of his love for public speaking.

Listen to the Roy Blount Jr. interview with Don Swaim, June 8, 1990
(31 min. 06 sec.)

 

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.