Where you-- were you all last week?
[LAUGHTER]
Thank you for coming.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
We are allowed to let people stand against the walls,
but not bring any chairs in.
And there's still some more room back here if you
want to sit on the floor.
I hope you can come over to the union after the reading
and meet Mr. and Mrs. Warren.
We'll be in the Terrace Lounge that's
above the bookstores, the far western end of the Union.
You name an award and Mr. Warren has received it,
including three Pulitzer prizes, National Book
Award, Bollingen Award, Shelley Memorial, Edna St. Vincent
Millay prize, and on, and on.
His work spans 50 years of publication.
His most recent novel is A Place To Come To,
and his most recent book of poems is Now And Then.
Books will be available for sale at the reception tonight, too.
I'm very happy to let you out of your suspense
and introduce you to Mr. Robert Penn Warren.
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