Flynn, Nick, 1960-

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February 29, 2012

32:56

'Being Flynn': When Dad Needs To Take Shelter.

Writer Nick Flynn was working in a homeless shelter in his 20s when his father — an alcoholic and self-proclaimed writer who left when Flynn was a baby — showed up as a client. His story is now a movie called Being Flynn, starring Paul Dano and Robert De Niro.

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