That title, by the way, is entirely too facile.

Nonetheless.

In this interview, the poet Reginald Dwayne Betts speaks about being in prison and screaming for someone to toss him a book and another inmate slipped him a copy of the Dudley Randall edited anthology, Black  Poets. Which is the same book that I found at Biblion in Lewes, Delaware and that introduced me to the excellent poet, Frank Horne.

Of course, I encountered this book during a time in a my life I had a decent job and was walking around a wealthy, beach front enclave and was in the company of loved ones. So any comparison breaks down pretty quickly, ’cause I’ve had it pretty good, all in all.

But I’m pleased to see that book having such effects on people.