Reading: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Presenter Information

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Location

Online (via Zoom)

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

22-10-2020 4:00 PM

End Date

22-10-2020 5:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, October 22, 2020, as part of the 51st Annual UND Writers Conference: “The Working Classes,” Reginald Dwayne Betts reads some of his poetry. Betts reads from “Blood History,” “The Lord Might Have Given Him Wings,” “Exile,” “Whisky for Breakfast,” “Ghazal” “Parking Lot,” “Parking Lot, Too,” “Essay on Reentry,” “For a Bail Denied,” “Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing,” and others from his collection Felon. Betts also responds to audience questions about what projects are next for him, what held him together in prison besides reading poetry and memoir, his favorite poets, the Million Book Project, and his writing routine.

Introduced by President Andrew Armacost.

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Oct 22nd, 4:00 PM Oct 22nd, 5:00 PM

Reading: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Online (via Zoom)

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, October 22, 2020, as part of the 51st Annual UND Writers Conference: “The Working Classes,” Reginald Dwayne Betts reads some of his poetry. Betts reads from “Blood History,” “The Lord Might Have Given Him Wings,” “Exile,” “Whisky for Breakfast,” “Ghazal” “Parking Lot,” “Parking Lot, Too,” “Essay on Reentry,” “For a Bail Denied,” “Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing,” and others from his collection Felon. Betts also responds to audience questions about what projects are next for him, what held him together in prison besides reading poetry and memoir, his favorite poets, the Million Book Project, and his writing routine.

Introduced by President Andrew Armacost.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2020/day5/1