
Dwayne Betts
@dwaynebetts
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Joined November 2009
@Econlib @EconTalker Per request - top of my head 5 episodes @EconTalker which have stuck with me (From a LOOONG list) McArdle on internet shaming & civility Keith Smith of Oklahoma Surgery Center Mike Munger - the Uber/Sharing economy Dwayne Betts - first episode Alain Bertraud - Urban planning
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Today was a good day @wwnorton
#doggerel #doglover #poetry #freedomreads #publisher #wwnorton #newyorkcity #goodday #happymoments #gratefulheart
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Part 3: An honor to share The Things We Carry @politicsprose in DC. You can read the rest of my poem in my new book of #poetry, #doggerel. #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry #healing #WashingtonDC #LiteraryEvents #NaturePoetry
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Part 2: An honor to share #canary from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC— you can read the rest in my newest book of poetry, Doggerel. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry
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Part 1: An honor to share my story & poems from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC—where words have the power to spark change. Grateful for the conversation, the community, and the poetry that connects us all. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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What’s the dude who sold twitter to Musk saying? Just wondering what role the sale of this huge communications platform has to do with the profound number of crisis that the world wakes up to daily.
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Also, why not - I'll invite you to listen to this short interview with me on NPR last week, if you're not sleeping - this will settle your disquiet, maybe:
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.
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It’s rare to write and publish a book while in prison, more rare to do what @JohnJLennon1 is doing. This is going to be dope -
📖 Announcing…THE TRAGEDY OF TRUE CRIME by @JohnJLennon1, a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. Coming Sept 2025. Pre-order now: https://t.co/iJsKSTEFpb
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home ownership in the US is now out of reach for many, including me. by posting these comments about famous conservatives, i get hundreds of replies, earning me $3/ post. this puts me closer to owning a home in a walkable neighborhood without engaging in misinformation or racism
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"It was that essay that presented a real argument about who I might be in the world." Freedom Reads Founder @dwaynebetts spoke w/ @cspan about his afterword to @HarperCollins' commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail." https://t.co/xvvPljrZK1
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Reginald Dwayne Betts talked about the impact that Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" had on him when he read it in prison and the life he has led since getting out, including founding Freedom...
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The incredible @dwaynebetts joining @interintellect_ attendees, community members, and our hosts for this online conversation on forgiveness. Hosted by dear @jenniferabanks 💞 https://t.co/kwjdjK9tK4
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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with acclaimed poet, memoirist, and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts as we delve into forgiveness. Betts, whose personal journey from incarceration to...
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"It’s the stories that will create the tide that makes us look at each other differently." Last week at the @cambridgepl, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts spoke about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. https://t.co/FNm4GqjqxV
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Poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
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This is some good work, if you needed a speech to listen to today:
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Read Freedom Reads Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts' piece for @OprahDaily about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy ⬇️
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Reginald Dwayne Betts went from being a 16-year-old facing a nine-year prison sentence to a MacArthur “genius,” an award-winning author, and a nonprofit founder. Dr. King’s legacy taught him that no...
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A reminder to vote for your favorite EconTalk (@econtalker) episodes of 2024. Can also find the poll at vote at https://t.co/6Wc5WehGjX. (PSA: can only vote for @DwayneBetts 6-3-2024, Injustice and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail", as "Best of 2024" and not "Best of all Time.")
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Vote for your favorite @econtalker episodes of 2024!
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"Sometimes tears grow something like a tree, grow hope, grow possibility." Freedom Reads Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts spoke for @TEDx about the Freedom Reads team and what it means to return to prisons with beautiful bookcases full of great literature.
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I got every reason to feel I’ve made several mistakes here. But my kid says I look like a hippy. Maybe he said the unauthorized member of Black Hippy. Maybe K Dot will give me a verse.
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