Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South
A Southern, Humor, Autobiography book. Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much...
“I left the South in search of the Enlightenment. I’m pro-choice, in favor of gay marriage, and against creationism and the war in Iraq. But both my parents’ people are deep Southern from many generations, and I spent a little over a third of my life, including the presumably most formative years (toilet training through college), living in the South. Mathematically, that makes me just about exactly as Southern as the American people, 34 percent of whom are Southern residents. But it goes deeper than math—my roots are Southern, I sound Southern, I love a lot of Southern stuff, and when my [Northern] local paper announces a festival to ‘celebrate the spirit of differently abled dogs,’ I react as a Southerner. I believe I care as much about dogs’ feelings as anybody. It is hard for me to imagine that a dog with three legs minds being called a three-legged dog.”A sly, dry, hilarious collection of essays—his first in more than ten years—from the writer who, according to The New York Times Book Review, is “in...
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Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs. Roy Blount Jr., Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South //
This book is not as humerous as I wanted it to be, so I didn't read all of it. That said, the story about dinner with his southern family had me in tears, especially when I heard him read it. There's just something about his voice. Roy Blount, Jr. is one of my favorite panelists on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, which I listen to religiously every week. Naturally, I was interested in reading his writing. This collection of short essays and humorous pieces, however, is hit and miss. Most of its failings, however, could have been relieved by a good editor. There are... This is a wonderful collection of essays on all things Southern by Ray Blount, Jr. Because of the format, it's an easy book to pick up, read a few pages, and then put down. Unfortunately, I had to stop reading this book at my desk at work because I kept bursting into laughter and, apparently, random laughter is viewed with suspicion...
