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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  13. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  16. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  17. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  18. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  19. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  20. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
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