From The Harvard Crimson:
Reginald D. Betts, founder and CEO of Freedom Reads — the only organization in the country with a mission to open libraries in prison cell blocks — is a poet, activist, lawyer, and a father. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow, his latest collection of poetry, “Felon,” was awarded the American Book Award and an NAACP Image Award.
Throughout Betts’ work, prison is a central theme. Memory of his adolescence and young adulthood function as both a location and a metaphor for the consequences of human desperation.
With his sons in the backseat of the call, the visiting professor of English sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss poetry, prison literature, and collective memory. Continue reading >>>
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