It took a few years for Nick Flynn to get comfortable at his girlfriend’s weekend home. “I wasn’t immediately taken with it,” said Mr. Flynn, 60, a poet and the author of four memoirs, including “This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire,” published late last month. “It felt a little … you know, it didn’t feel like my place, especially. It felt like, you know, it was her place,” he said of the French-style farmhouse in Red Hook, N.Y., owned by his companion, now wife, the actor Lili Taylor. In fact, it wasn’t until the birth of the couple’s daughter, Maeve, in 2008, that Mr. Flynn found himself at home and at ease on the 100-acre property (most of which is leased to a local farmer).

Source: New York Times September 01, 2020 10:01 UTC