Reginald Dwayne Betts - August 31, 2017

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Reginald Dwayne Betts

Reginald Dwayne Betts reads from his poetry collection Bastards of the Reagan Era (2015), along with one uncollected poem.

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Welcome
Description

by Hannah Ensor

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Introduction
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by Grace Gámez

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"Elephants in the Fall"
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"For the City That Nearly Broke Me" ("A woman tattoos...")
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Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"The Invention of Crack"
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Differs from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"Elegy With a RIP Shirt Turning Into the Wind"
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"For the City That Nearly Broke Me" ("Stress this...")
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Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"At the End of Life, A Secret"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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"Mother"
Description

Uncollected.

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"What We Know of Horses"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Betts, Reginald Dwayne. Bastards of the Reagan Era​. New York: Four Way Books, 2015.

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Question and Answer Session
Description

Recording begins after the first question has been asked, at the beginning of Betts's first answer.

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Reginald Dwayne Betts
Photographer
Hannah Ensor
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Reginald Dwayne Betts
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Hannah Ensor
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