To have discovered Robert Penn Warren this late in life is like seeing a glacier for the first time at 40 years old. Warren has to rank among the top five American fiction writers of all time, and I haven't even read any of his poetry yet. Three pulitzer's, the national book award, the national medal for literature and America's first poet laureate. How come no one talks about this author??? Anyway, I just saw a trailer for the movie "All The King's Men". Do yourself a favor and read the book before you see the movie.

"'He is a romantic, and he has a picture of the world in his head, and when the world doesn't conform in any respect to the picture, he wants to throw the world away. Even if it means throwing the baby out with the bath. 'Which,' I added, 'it always does mean.'"

-----Robert Penn Warren, "All The King's Men"