<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Order Your Copy of &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;The Seven Daughters of Dupree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://bit.ly/4o7jP6S" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week on Black &amp;amp; Published, Nikesha speaks with &lt;a href="https://www.dwaynebetts.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Reginald Dwayne Betts&lt;/a&gt;, author of the poetry collection, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781324089254?searchid=0&amp;amp;search_query=doggere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Doggerel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, which he says is his most joyous to date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our conversation, Dwayne explains how he became intentional about singing a different song after realizing he’d become a long suffering Black man. Plus, why he believes identity is always in flux and why he said he’s never had a problem reading his work in prisons until he started writing about love.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://black-published.captivate.fm/get-the-book"&gt;Mahogany Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rate &amp; Review&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Black & Published

Nikesha Elise Williams

You Gotta Win Joy with Reginald Dwayne Betts

APR 1, 202653 MIN
Black & Published

You Gotta Win Joy with Reginald Dwayne Betts

APR 1, 202653 MIN

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Order Your Copy of The Seven Daughters of Dupree!This week on Black & Published, Nikesha speaks with Reginald Dwayne Betts, author of the poetry collection, Doggerel, which he says is his most joyous to date.In our conversation, Dwayne explains how he became intentional about singing a different song after realizing he’d become a long suffering Black man. Plus, why he believes identity is always in flux and why he said he’s never had a problem reading his work in prisons until he started writing about love.Mahogany BooksMentioned in this episode:Rate & ReviewThanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform