A Conversation with Roy Blount Jr. - 29 April 2009

Humorist Roy Blount Jr. sits down with Grant for a conversation about the controversy over writers' rights and the Amazon Kindle 2. <br/><br/>As president of the Authors Guild, Blount has argued that writers whose work is featured on the Kindle 2 should earn extra royalties because its text-to-speech feature essentially turns written works into audiobooks. <br/><br/>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/opinion/25blount.html<br/><br/>Blount also discusses his own recent book, Alphabet Juice, talks about 'sonicky' words and noodling for catfish, and clears up the mystery of whether the cancan dancers at George Plimpton's memorial really did honor the late writer's request that they perform without panties.<br/><br/>Read the first chapter of Alphabet Juice here.<br/><br/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/books/chapters/chapter-alphabet-juice.html<br/><br/>Find out more about Blount and his work here.<br/><br/>http://www.royblountjr.com/<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:<br/><br/>Email: words@waywordradio.org<br/><br/>Phone: <br/>United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673<br/>London +44 20 7193 2113<br/>Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771<br/><br/>Site: http://waywordradio.org.<br/>Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/<br/>Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/<br/>Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/<br/>Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/<br/>Skype: skype://waywordradio <br/><br/>Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=w_xKbew1vFQ:RT63hXyMqQg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=w_xKbew1vFQ:RT63hXyMqQg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=w_xKbew1vFQ:RT63hXyMqQg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feed