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Roy Blount knows New Orleans like the inside of an oyster shell and is only too glad to take us to both the famous and the infamous sights.

In this savory and exuberant travelogue, New Orleans is experienced through the eyes, ears, and taste buds of Roy Blount, Jr....

Most kids write stories, but only a few of them grow up to be Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, or Norman...

Sixteen classic stories of humor: slapstick, sardonic narratives, satire, and wit abound. Authors include Twain, O. Henry, Robert Benchley, and Jean Kerr.

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.

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind, says...

Robert E. Lee was a brilliant general, a complex soul, and a Southerner to the core....