People I (Mostly) Admire

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Reginald Dwayne Betts spent more than eight years in prison. Today he's a Yale Law graduate, a MacArthur Fellow, and a poet. His nonprofit works to build libraries in prisons so that more incarcerated people can find hope.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Reginald Dwayne Betts, founder and director of Freedom Reads, award-winning poet, and lawyer.

 

  • RESOURCES:
    • Doggerel: Poems, by Reginald Dwayne Betts (2025).
    • The Poet Writing on Prison Underwear,” by Adam Iscoe (The New Yorker, 2023).
    • The Voltage Effect, by John List (2022).
    • If We Truly Believe in Redemption and Second Chances, Parole Should Be Celebrated,” by Reginald Dwayne Betts (The Washington Post, 2021).
    • Insurrections, by Rion Scott (2016).
    • The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore (2014).
    • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig (1974).
    • The Black Poets, by Dudley Randall (1971).
    • For Freckle-Faced Gerald,” by Etheridge Knight (Poems from Prison, 1968).
    • Felon: An America Washi Tale, by Reginald Dwayne Betts.
    • Freedom Reads.

 

  • EXTRAS:
    • Can a Moonshot Approach to Mental Health Work?” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
    • Can Data Keep People Out of Prison?” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
    • The Price of Doing Business with John List,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
    • Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?” by Freakonomics Radio (2022).
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