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Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts

jachinheckman's review against another edition

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5.0

"She meant jail.
& we was powerless to stop it
& too damn tired to be beautiful"


The frustration and exhaustion is palpable throughout these poems. My favorites were "While I think of Tamir Rice while driving" and "For a Bail Denied (For A.S.)"

erinlcrane's review against another edition

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4.0

I’m not much of a poetry reader, so I’ve rated this somewhat based on the accessibility of it for me. To my untrained eye, the writing was excellent.

wxlamora's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

desireeslibrary's review against another edition

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4.0

Such a poignantly beautiful critique on the oppression within the criminal justice system and the criminalization of poverty and blackness.

randisworld's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Excellent collection! 

kendra_kendra's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

cowboyken_'s review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

sabse's review against another edition

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4.0

Disclaimer: I am not super into poetry in general. However this is an extremely powerful collection, and there is so much within each poem that left me wanting to have a longer conversation with the poet.

askatknits's review against another edition

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4.0

Challenging poems that speak volumes, but the redacted poems... wow. Brilliant.

callant's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0