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Reginald Dwayne Betts

Autor(a) de Felon: Poems

8+ Works 347 Membros 8 Reviews

About the Author

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, essayist, and national spokesperson for the Campaign for Youth Justice. He is the author of two previous volumes of poetry and one memoir. A graduate of Yale Law School, he lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family.

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Associated Works

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) — Contribuinte — 1,471 cópias
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contribuinte — 170 cópias
The Best American Poetry 2012 (2012) — Contribuinte — 83 cópias
The Best American Poetry 2020 (2020) — Contribuinte — 42 cópias
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
The Best American Magazine Writing 2019 (2019) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias

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Masterful. Every time I read "For The City That Nearly Broke Me" it cut a little deeper.
 
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Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |
Compelling case for juvenile justice reform. See Dwayne Betts website for updated information and other books he has written. --Mary Doran http://www.dwaynebetts.com/
 
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Doranms | outras 4 resenhas | Aug 7, 2021 |
When it’s difficult for me to focus, I tend to read poetry. This short collection surprisingly filled an empathetic void in me I didn’t know I had. Its focus on the emotional experience and effects of incarceration is both eerily timely and educational without being didactic. I mean, I know the stats. I’ve seen Ava Duvernay’s excellent documentary 13th. But I’ve never thought deeply on the heart of someone who has been incarcerated. I know incarceration marks a person indelibly. I had some dim idea of how. But this book made me think of what those marks look like in daily living, and what it takes to heal, or to try to.

(For a more detailed review, check out my website.)
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EQReader | 1 outra resenha | Dec 1, 2020 |
“This is the brick & mortar of the America
that murdered Tamir & may stalk the laughter

in my backseat. I am a father driving
his Black sons to school & the death
of a Black boy rides shotgun & this
could be a funeral procession. The Death
a silent thing in the air, unmentioned-
because mentioning death invites taboo...”

“Lost in what's gone. Reinventing myself with lies:
I walk these streets, ruined by what I hide.
Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.

Did a stretch in prison to be released to a cell.
Returned to freedom penned by Orwell.
My noon temptation is now the Metro's third rail.

In my wallet, I carry around a daguerrotype,
A mugshot, no smiles, my name a tithe.
What must I pay for being this stereotype?”

^These 2 excerpts, are from [Felon: Poems]. It is a beautiful but also hard-hitting collection, directing an insightful spotlight on the Black experience in America today. It may end up being the best collection I have read this year. Warbling loud and clear...
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msf59 | 1 outra resenha | Dec 8, 2019 |

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Obras
8
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12
Membros
347
Popularidade
#68,853
Avaliação
½ 4.3
Resenhas
8
ISBNs
16

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