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Felon : Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts [Betts, Reginald Dwayne] is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"A searing volume by a poet whose work conveys "the visceral effect that prison has on identity" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times). Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems-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 postincarceration existence and examines prison not as a static space, but as a force that enacts pressure throughout a person's life. The poems move between traditional and newfound forms with power and agility-from revolutionary found poems created by redacting court documents to the astonishing crown of sonnets that serves as the volume's radiant conclusion. Drawing inspiration from lawsuits filed on behalf of the incarcerated, the redaction poems focus on the ways we exploit and erase the poor and imprisoned from public consciousness. Traditionally, redaction erases what is top secret; in Felon, Betts redacts what is superfluous, bringing into focus the profound failures of the criminal justice system and the inadequac

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Author

Reginald Dwayne Betts [Betts, Reginald Dwayne]

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393652147

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, American Poetry

Rating

4.7 / 5 (293 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14