LEADER 00000nim a22005415a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125071733.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 150902s2007 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781598875003 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1598875000 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rcb_9781598875003_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11419367 037 11419367|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 975|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Blount, Roy,|cJr.,|d1941- 245 10 Long time leaving :|bdispatches from up South|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cRoy Blount, Jr. 250 Abridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHighBridge,|c2007. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 45 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Roy Blount, Jr.. 520 The first collection of the beloved humorist's sly, dry, hilarious essays in more than a decade focuses on a perennially popular topic: the South vs. the North."When {Northerners} ask me to explain grits, I look at them like an Irishman who's been asked to explain potatoes.""When I was a boy in Georgia, college sports was Bobby Dodd versus Bear Bryant immemorial. Compared to that the Harvard-Yale game is a panel discussion.""Anybody who claims.not to have ̀a racist bone' in his or her body is at best pre- racist and has a longer way to go than the rest of us."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 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."Blount is the best. He can be literate, uncouth and soulful all in one sentence." Garrison Keillor 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Blount, Roy,|cJr.,|d1941- 650 0 Group identity|zSouthern States. 650 0 Group identity|zNortheastern States. 650 0 North and south. 650 0 National characteristics, American. 651 0 Southern States|xCivilization. 651 0 Northeastern States|xCivilization. 651 0 Southern States|xCivilization|vHumor. 651 0 Northeastern States|xCivilization|vHumor. 700 1 Blount, Jr., Roy. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11419367?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rcb_9781598875003_180.jpeg