{"product_id":"felon-reginald-dwayne-betts-9780393652147","title":"Felon: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFelon\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of the effects of incarceration in fierce, dazzling poems--canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace--and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of postincarceration existence and examines prison not as a static space, but as a force that enacts pressure throughout a person's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems move between traditional and newfound forms with power and agility--from revolutionary found poems created by redacting court documents to the astonishing crown of sonnets that serves as the volume's radiant conclusion. Drawing inspiration from lawsuits filed on behalf of the incarcerated, the redaction poems focus on the ways we exploit and erase the poor and imprisoned from public consciousness. Traditionally, redaction erases what is top secret; in \u003cem\u003eFelon\u003c\/em\u003e, Betts redacts what is superfluous, bringing into focus the profound failures of the criminal justice system and the inadequacy of the labels it generates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a \"felon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reginald Dwayne Betts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393652149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393652147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019 pg. 10","brand":"Reginald Dwayne Betts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051064684799,"sku":"9780393652147","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4637122d-2a6e-44c7-9025-b10ac8254a84.jpg?v=1685010880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/felon-reginald-dwayne-betts-9780393652147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}