Felon Poems
, by Betts, Reginald DwayneNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780393542035 | 0393542033
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/30/2021
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.