[New-Poetry] Nick Flynn

[Suzanne Burns]

His work is incredible.  :-)   I took a class once with Mark Doty just about
the time his first book came out.  He mudged me toward him an I felt like I
stumbled upon gold.

Suzanne



On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:17 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-flynn2-2008jul02,0,2691633.story
> Nick Flynn, well-traveled poet
> Nick Flynn's poetry led to a memoir, a play and a possible movie. But it
> has taken many years and many, many drafts to get this far.
> By William Georgiades, Special to The Times
> July 2, 2008
>  NEW YORK -- On his passport, Nick Flynn lists his profession as "poet,"
> but there is nothing anemic or brooding about his appearance. On a recent
> afternoon in New York's West Village, he dismounted the bike he rides every
> day from Brooklyn to Manhattan looking like a man ready to ride another 50
> miles. In person, as in his prose and poetry, Flynn is exuberant and
> present, a friendly force to be reckoned with
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