Humorist Roy Blount Jr. stops by to try his hand at a slang quiz specifically about Southernisms.
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Blount, who is president of the Authors Guild, also joined Grant for a wide-ranging conversation about such topics as the controversy over writers’ rights and the Amazon Kindle 2. Listen here.
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