text: This author wrote the pro-segregation essay “The Briar Patch” but later changed his views, publishing interviews with civil rights leaders in Who Speaks For the Negro?
full_question: This author wrote the pro-segregation essay “The Briar Patch” but later changed his views, publishing interviews with civil rights leaders in Who Speaks For the Negro? He promoted close reading in a book co-authored with Cleanth Brooks, Understanding Poetry. A novel by this man, narrated by political reporter Jack Burden, was based on the career of Louisiana governor Huey Long. For ten points, name this Southern writer who promoted New Criticism and wrote about Willie Stark in All The King’s Men.
first_sentence: This author wrote the pro-segregation essay “The Briar Patch” but later changed his views, publishing interviews with civil rights leaders in Who Speaks For the Negro?