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Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989) was an American poet and novelist. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Warren, Robert Penn.

"I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or the next election or the latest in social engineering will solve everything."

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"For what is a poem, but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding. It is the deepest part of autobiography."

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"If, in the middle of World War II, a general could be writing a poem, then maybe I was not so irrelevant after all. Maybe the general was doing more for victory by writing a poem than he would be by commanding an army. At least, he might be doing less harm. By applying the same logic to my own condition [consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress], I decided that I might be relevant in what I called a negative way. I have clung to this concept ever sincenegative relevance. In moments of vain-glory I even entertain the possibility that if my concept were more widely accepted, the world might be a better place to live in. There are a lot of people who would make better citizens if they were content to be just negatively relevant. "

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"More and more Emerson recedes grandly into history, as the future he predicted becomes a past. "

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