{"product_id":"felon-poems-9781797101675","title":"Felon: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA searing volume by a poet whose work conveys \"the visceral effect that prison has on identity\" (New York Times).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelon tells the story of one man in fierce, dazzling poems--canvassing his 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. Challenging the complexities of language, Betts animates what it means to be a \"felon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Night\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she tells me: prison killed youmy love, killed you so dead that you're nothere now, you're never here, you're always.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Compact Disc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betts, Reginald Dwayne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797101675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.60h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Reginald Dwayne Betts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749900070987,"sku":"9781797101675","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_bdfa4140-974b-49ac-8fce-6766525c206b.jpg?v=1597799718","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/felon-poems-9781797101675","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}