A review by kelseymay
Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts

5.0

This poetry collection is amazing. Reginald's poems are heartwrenching and intelligent as fuck; he knows so much about politics, the prison industrial complex, and drug policy, and it shapes his commentary into pillars of knowledge and emotion. I ache for everything that has been lost in the aftermath of Reagan's crack conspiracy, and I ache for those being punished by systems (both legal and prison) that never cared about them beyond turning a profit. This book is a must-read for anyone who enjoys political poetry.