Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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In this CBS Sunday Morning video, Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks about founding Freedom Reads, a nonprofit organization that designs, builds, and places mobile libraries in prison housing units. For more, read “Freedom Reads” in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Reginald Dwayne Betts | CBS Sunday Morning | 2022 | Freedom Reads | incarcerated | library | books | November/December 2022 -
In this Brainwaves video anthology installment, Reginald Dwayne Betts reads “Essay on Reentry” from his third poetry collection, Felon, out in October from Norton. A profile of Betts by Mahogany L. Browne appears in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Reginald Dwayne Betts | Felon | Norton | 2019 | reading | Brainwaves video series | November/December 2019 -
Poet, memoirist, and teacher Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown about his experience as a teen in prison and how poetry gave him a new identity. Betts is the author of Bastards of the Reagan Era (Four Way Books, 2015) and Felon, forthcoming from Norton in October, and is a recipient of the 2019 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award.
Tags: Poetry | Creative Nonfiction | Reginald Dwayne Betts | Bastards of the Reagan Era | Four Way Books | PBS NewsHour | 2015 | Felon | Norton | 2019
