Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts is our foremost chronicler of the ways prison shapes and transforms American life. In Doggerel, Betts examines this subject through a more prosaic—but equally rich—lens: dogs. He reminds us that, as our lives are broken and put back together, the only witness often barks instead of talks. In these poems, which touch on companionship in its many...

In fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration—canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace—and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of post-incarceration existence in traditional and newfound forms, from revolutionary found poems created...

Sales Points Unique blend of art, education, and activism from an acclaimed cocreator of the Ear Hustle podcast. Insightful essay contributions from writers Rachel Kushner and Reginald Dwayne Betts. Additional Comp Titles Inside the Wire: Photographs from Texas and Arkansas Prisons, by Bruce Jackson. ISBN: 9780292744967, $50.00 USD (University of Texas Press, 2013) In This Timeless Time: Living and Dying...

Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems, canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace. In doing so, it creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of post-incarceration existence and examines prison not as a static space,...