Interview with Bruce Denbo, December 14, 1977

Project: Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project

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Denbo describes some scandals at Louisiana State University, including one in which Robert Penn Warren was embroiled, along with the other Fugitive Agrarians. In general, Warren was soft-spoken, but he was a participant in the criticism of the literary old-guard, along with the other Agrarians at the Southern Review. This criticism continued, and members of the Southern Review would attack college deans and other officials. Eventually, the Southern Review was written out of the LSU budget after publishing criticisms of the college president, General Campbell Hodges.

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1977oh106_rpw002

Interviewee Name

Bruce Denbo

Interviewer Name

David Farrell

Interview Date

1977-12-14

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Denbo, Bruce Interview by David Farrell. 14 Dec. 1977. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Denbo, B. (1977, December 14). Interview by D. Farrell. Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Denbo, Bruce, interview by David Farrell. December 14, 1977, Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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