Reginald Dwayne Betts
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250 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 7 Aug
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That was missing.
And I I mean I read the letter and and it literally had me crying because
It was uh
See, we often get confused.
We imagine
That the thing that connects us is like our skin color.
our complex it uh our our our complexion
Our culture.
Um
Our profession.
But but it's not, it's the ability to be touched by a story.
And I think that's uh is just like the fundamental thing that that people who love books recognize.
And it it's a kind of promise you make to the book that the book may or may not fulfill.
But it's this promise that like if you give me your time and your attention, I will transform how you see a world in a life.
Facebook is filled with words.
I'm functioning as as like many poems.
I think people are saying that people aren't reading books and how do we combat that?
And I I understand that they're saying the books of soul, but you gotta recognize I think that we are running a risk of being post talking to each other.
You know, when when our medium of conversation is just grievance and argument and complaint, my duty as a poet is to be able to give you a poem if if if you at the bus stop.
If you were at the liquor store
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