A profile of American literary giant and Kentucky native Robert Penn Warren, a novelist, poet, and essayist who served as U.S. poet laureate and was the first person to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry. Introduced by series host Dave Shuffett, the segment includes a visit to Warren’s Western Kentucky hometown of Guthrie and commentary on the writer’s work by literary scholars.
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