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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. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  14. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  15. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  18. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  19. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  20. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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