When regrets become wings
In 2024, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke about prison, regrets, hope, and books for TEDx at Green Rock Correctional Center in Virginia.
Bookshelf: Commemorative publication of King’s famous letter timed for MLK Day
HarperCollins is releasing a beautiful, commemorative edition of Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" featuring an afterword by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts.
A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry
LitHub features Doggerel, the forthcoming book of poetry by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, in their upcoming 2025 poetry round-up.
The Lives They Lived: James Earl Jones
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts wrote about James Earl Jones for The New York Times Magazine's Lives They Lived series.
Fifteen Questions: Reginald Dwayne Betts on Vulnerability, Collective Memory, and Freedom Reads
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts spoke with Fifteen Minutes, the magazine of the Harvard Crimson, about literature, poetry, prison, and freedom.
The power of books in prison with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts sat down with Connecticut Public Radio's Khalilah Brown-Dean for the Disrupted podcast. Plus, the podcast visited Freedom Reads headquarters to speak with the Freedom Reads team about Freedom Libraries, the power of books, and returning to prisons.
Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts' upcoming poetry collection, Doggerel, is featured in Publishers Weekly's spring 2025 preview.
In ‘Gladiator II,’ Denzel Washington again blurs the line between hero and villain
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts is mentioned in a piece about how Denzel Washington's adolescence informed his role in the "Gladiator II" movie.
African Exodus, Cuckoo, March Forth, More in PAC NYC's 2025 Programming
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts is performing a solo show, entitled March Forth, at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) on March 4, 2025, 20 years to the day since his release from prison.
From behind bars, to passing the bar
ABA Journal writes about Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts' journey from prison to Yale Law School.
Dwayne Betts Brings One-Man Show, ‘Felon: An American Washi Tale,’ to NU Chicago
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts brings his solo show, FELON: An American Washi Tale, to Northwestern University’s Abbott Hall this week.
Dwayne Betts Is Proof That A Book Can Change Your Life
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts shares how Freedom Libraries disrupt the austerity of prison and bring dignity to the space.