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Felon

by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts
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A searing volume by a poet whose work conveys "the visceral effect that prison has on identity" (New York Times).
Felon tells the story of one man in fierce, dazzling poems― canvassing his 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 and examines prison not as a static space, but as a force that enacts pressure throughout a person's life. Challenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a "felon."

From "Night"

What she tells me: prison killed you
my love, killed you so dead that you're not
here now, you're never here, you're always.
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781797101651
  • File size: 39405 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2019
  • Duration: 01:22:05

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  • ISBN: 9781797101651
  • File size: 39414 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2019
  • Duration: 01:23:06
  • Number of parts: 2

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Fiction Poetry

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English

A searing volume by a poet whose work conveys "the visceral effect that prison has on identity" (New York Times).
Felon tells the story of one man in fierce, dazzling poems― canvassing his 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 and examines prison not as a static space, but as a force that enacts pressure throughout a person's life. Challenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a "felon."

From "Night"

What she tells me: prison killed you
my love, killed you so dead that you're not
here now, you're never here, you're always.
Expand title description text
Fiction Poetry
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