{"product_id":"betts-reginald-dwayne-doggerelpb","title":"[10\/06\/26] Betts, Reginald Dwayne: Doggerel","description":"\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: October 6, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReginald Dwayne Betts is our foremost chronicler of the ways prison shapes and transforms American life. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoggerel\u003c\/em\u003e, Betts examines this subject through a more prosaic--but equally rich--lens: dogs. He reminds us that, as our lives are broken and put back together, the only witness often barks instead of talks. In these poems, which touch on companionship in its many forms, Betts seamlessly and skillfully deploys the pantoum, ghazal, and canzone, in conversation with artists such as Freddie Gibbs and Lil Wayne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimultaneously philosophical and playful,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoggerel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a meditation on family, falling in love, friendship, and those who accompany us on our walk through life. Balancing political critique with personal experience, Betts once again shows us \"how poems can be enlisted to radically disrupt narrative\" (Dan Chiasson,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e)--and, in doing so, reveals the world anew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118184554519,"sku":"9781324134398","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/91ZboFXx2cL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781221803","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/betts-reginald-dwayne-doggerelpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}