Princeton’s ‘Freedom Libraries’ Deliver Books to Incarcerated Readers
Freedom Reads, with support from the Princeton University Library, opened nine Freedom Libraries at Garden State Correctional Facility in New Jersey last year.
Incarcerated people in CT to judge nationwide book competition
The Freedom Reads team brought the 2025 Inside Literary Prize to Cybulski and Carl Robinson Correctional Institutions in Connecticut last week.
12 quintessential May events, from the Pittsburgh Marathon to the Pierogi Festival
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts will be giving a poetry reading at Pittsburgh's Jazz Poetry Month this May.
Freedom Reads Libraries Expand at Decatur Correctional Center
Freedom Reads opened 22 Freedom Libraries and brought the Inside Literary Prize 2025 to Illinois prisons.
Tulsa LitFest features poet Reginald Dwayne Betts
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts performed his solo show at the Tulsa LitFest in Oklahoma.
22 libraries open in two Illinois prison facilities, IDOC announces
Freedom Reads opened 22 Freedom Libraries across Illinois River and Decatur Correctional Center, and brought the Inside Literary Prize to Decatur and Western Correctional Centers.
Poems That Lean Into Calm and Joy Amid Life’s Chaos
Doggerel, the latest poetry collection by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, is featured in this New York Times piece on recent collections.
Reginald Dwayne Betts headlines Tulsa LitFest with performance, talks
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts will be the keynote speaker for this year's Tulsa LitFest in Oklahoma.
How Black poets built the 'centifugal force' in modern American literature
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts was quoted in the Los Angeles Times' feature on the Cave Canem poetry retreat, and its 30th anniversary.
A Pandemic Puppy Inspired Reginald Dwayne Betts’s New Book
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts talked books he loves, Freedom Reads, and his new poetry collection, Doggerel, in The New York Times' "By the Book" series.
John Himmelman, Reginald Dwayne Betts take a populist approach to poetry in new books
Doggerel, the latest book of poetry by Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts, is featured on NPR's Book of the Day podcast.
A Showcase for Formerly Incarcerated Artists Grows in Brooklyn
Freedom Reads Founder & CEO Reginald Dwayne Betts' books will be displayed in the Center for Art and Advocacy's new public exhibition and education space.