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Proliferating Sentences: Reginald Dwayne Betts' Felon (2019).

In Felon, Reginald Dwayne Betts prises open the contexts which determine the manifest meaning of prison sentences pronounced in the courtroom and carried out in the American carceral system. His lyrical voice pluralises the subject receiving and experiencing the sentence, and explores the liminal sp...

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Published in:CounterText Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 114 - 140
Main Author: Toth, Naomi
Format: Article
Published: Edinburgh University Press Apr2025
Subjects:
Prison sentences
Social justice
Poetry (Literary form)
Felonies
Sociocultural factors
Poets
Prison system
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