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Roy Blount Jr. has been called "a humorist and social critic in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, H.L. Mencken and W.C. Fields." A master storyteller and prolific writer, he has written two dozen books, including his newest, Save Room for Pie: Food Songs and Chewy Ruminations, and has won numerous awards for his work. He is a familiar voice on NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and his writing regularly appears in many national magazines. He also is an original member of the Ro ...

Being diagnosed with cancer can be frightening, but it also gives you license to get away with a lot of things you wouldn't do otherwise. Kathy Lariviere finds humor in the diagnosis, treatment and survival of the disease in Laugh With Kathy. Alternately laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, Kathy gives us a glimpse of what it takes to beat breast cancer. Read along as she blows up pumpkins, throws eggs and uses her bald head to shame bad drivers. Laugh with her as she f ...