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Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and the founder and director of Freedom Reads.

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and the founder and director of Freedom Reads.

Awards

Shortlisted — Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2019

Winner — NAACP Image Award, 2019

Felon: Poems
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Hardback, 2020
Felon: Poems
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Paperback, 2021
“A powerful work of lyric art.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
Felon: Poems
Reginald Dwayne Betts
E Book, 2019
“A powerful work of lyric art.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
Redaction
Reginald Dwayne Betts, Titus Kaphar
Hardback, 2023
One of Vulture’s“6 New Books You Should Read This February.”

MacArthur fellows Reginald Dwayne Betts and Titus Kaphar present a stunning literary and artistic collaboration that confronts the...
Collected Poems
Robert Hayden, Frederick Glaysher, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Arnold Rampersad
Paperback, 2013
An exquisite body of work celebrating the centennial of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century.
Collected Poems
Robert Hayden, Frederick Glaysher, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Arnold Rampersad
E Book, 2013
An exquisite body of work celebrating the centennial of one of the most important African-American poets of the twentieth century.