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How A House Fire Inspired Nick Flynn’s Childhood Obsession With A Local Hermit — And His Latest Collection Of Poetry

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 16, 2020 · Flynn, who teaches in the creative writing program at UH, discusses his latest collection of poetry, I Will Destroy You.

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