A respected American humorist, writer, and frequent panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, Roy Blount Jr.'s career spans nearly two dozen books (most recently, Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South) and clips in publications far and wide, from The New Yorker and The New York Times to Esquire and Sports Illustrated. He's coming to Austin next week to participate in the live taping of "Wait Wait" at Bass Concert Hall on Thursday, and will also be around the evening before to deliver a special presentation for the Writers' League of Texas. more ›