Reginald Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts is an American poet, legal scholar, educator and prison reform advocate. At age 16 he committed an armed carjacking, was prosecuted as an adult, and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He started reading and writing poetry during his incarceration.
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Trending topics shown first"…You consciously weave certain things in. Then some things are unconsciously woven into the book, both because you write one poem at a time but also because the motivations for each poem exist within …"
"I like to think that the poem is trying to hit you in the gut. I like to think that the poem comes from someplace deep and intense emotion and this thing that I can't run away from..."
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1903
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