Felon - Poems

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.

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.

Summary

“A powerful work of lyric art.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice

Product details

• Authors: Reginald Dwayne Betts
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780393542035
• ISBN: 978-0-393-54203-5
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 211 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 123 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, POETRY / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people