Weekly Poem: Nick Flynn Reads 'haiku (failed)'
Clip: 2/6/2012 | 1m 36s
Nick Flynn reads "haiku (failed)" from his book, "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands."
Nick Flynn is a poet, playwright and memoirist whose most recent book is "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands" (2011, Graywolf Press), a collection of poems that are linked to his latest memoir, "The Ticking is the Bomb" (2010, W. W. Norton & Company). He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.
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Weekly Poem: Nick Flynn Reads 'haiku (failed)'
Clip: 2/6/2012 | 1m 36s
Nick Flynn is a poet, playwright and memoirist whose most recent book is "The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands" (2011, Graywolf Press), a collection of poems that are linked to his latest memoir, "The Ticking is the Bomb" (2010, W. W. Norton & Company). He teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.
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