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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. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  12. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  13. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  14. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  15. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  18. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  19. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  20. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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