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The Story of Jerrod Manly Hopkins
He was very slightly Hawaiian. Strong Hawaiian connection in his life. His uncle used to live there, right? You just ate a lot of pineapple and hooligans. He had a favorite pizza. Well, because his family were Protestant, like you say, then he just decided he was going to become Roman Catholic, didn't he? Yeah. And he was already writing some amazing poetry at that time, but when he became Roman Catholic, he decided to burn it all. I loved him so much. It was just so beautiful. But he never got to see any of it because he wasn't published until post his death. That is probably quite blazen. Very jazzy