Styron

There, Sam Shepard read cowboy poems and William Styron talked about his latest novel.

Poet, journalist and human rights activist Rose Styron, widow of novelist William Styron, gets a welcome profile from a friend and neighbor, director James Lapine.

She typed Styron’s work for nearly a decade.

It’s easy to see what drew Lapine to Styron as a comrade and why he felt so moved to document their discussions, even if he admittedly didn’t start with a particularly clear structure or direction.

The first of Styron’s four books of poetry, “From Summer to Summer,” a collection for children, was published in 1965.