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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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  17. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  18. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  19. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  20. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
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