Reginald Dwayne Betts

Felon: Poems (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the NAACP Image Award and finalist for the 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize

A powerful work of lyric art. New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice

In fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarcerationcanvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and graceand, 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393652154
• Artikelnr.: 59591888

Autorenporträt

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.