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Felon
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, social justice, and the complexities of post-incarceration life. Suitable for those who appreciate lyric art that blends personal narrative with political critique.
“A powerful work of lyric art.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
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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 by redacting court documents to the astonishing crown of sonnets that serves as the volume's radiant conclusion.
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The New York Times Book Review praises Felon as "a powerful work of lyric art" and "a tour de force indictment of the carceral industrial state." The New York Times highlights the nimble diction and emotional depth in poems about returning to everyday life post-incarceration. The New Yorker commends Betts’s innovative disruption of narrative and particularly powerful poems on fatherhood, noting the revealing use of redacted texts.
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ISBN: 9780393542035
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 March 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 123g
Pages: 112
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About the Author
Reginald Dwayne Betts is the author of three books of poetry, including the best-selling Felon. He is a poet, lawyer, and the founder and CEO of Freedom Reads. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his dog.
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