EPISODE · Sep 22, 2025 · 1H 7M
First Draft - Reginald Dwayne Betts
from First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing · host Mitzi Rapkin
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and CEO and Founder of Freedom Reads, a not-for-profit organization that is radically transforming the access to literature in prisons through the installation of Freedom Libraries in prisons across this country. For more than twenty-years, he has used his poetry and essays to explore the world of prison and the effects of violence and incarceration on American society. He is the author of a memoir called A Question of Freedom, which chronicles his years in prison where he was charged and sentenced as an adult at the age of 16. His collections of poetry include the best-selling Felon and the newly released Doggerel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and CEO and Founder of Freedom Reads, a not-for-profit organization that is radically transforming the access to literature in prisons through the installation of Freedom Libraries in prisons across this country. For more than twenty-years, he has used his poetry and essays to explore the world of prison and the effects of violence and incarceration on American society. He is the author of a memoir called A Question of Freedom, which chronicles his years in prison where he was charged and sentenced as an adult at the age of 16. His collections of poetry include the best-selling Felon and the newly released Doggerel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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