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Nick Flynn Reads Zoë Hitzig

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Exploring Constraints and Creative Process in Poetry

The chapter delves into shaping artistic creation through rules and constraints, discussing the impact of parameters on the creative process. It explores the role of editors in refining material, the decision-making process for selecting work, and the interplay between truth and paradoxes in poetry. The conversation transitions to dissecting a specific poem, 'The King of Fire', delving into themes of loss, identity, and existential questioning.

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