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What's a pathway to freedom? Reading.

Aug 7, 202623:04Society & Culture

How has literature changed your life? For poet and lawyer, Reginald Dwaye Betts , books meant freedom. After getting sentenced to 9 years in adult prison at 16, Dwayne felt a sense of hope and possibility whenever he was...

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What's a pathway to freedom? Reading. is an episode from It's Been a Minute by NPR. How has literature changed your life? For poet and lawyer, Reginald Dwaye Betts , books meant freedom. After getting sentenced to 9 years in adult prison at...

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Published Aug 7, 2026, 23:04 long, audio available.

What's a pathway to freedom? Reading.

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