Felon: Poem Poetry gutting…generous” (The New York Times)

gutting…generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences with abuse

Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape

in Education from Harvard University

When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn—the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases—has slipped into a coma

Felon: Poem Poetry gutting…generous” (The New York Times)*ships in 7 10 business days In fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarcerationcanvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and graceand, 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