Randall Horton: Instruments for Change
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Randall Horton introduces poems that ask us to consider intensely difficult situations, seeing anew their complexity and the humanity of the people involved. He discusses Reginald Dwayne Betts\\u2019 exploration of the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic and mass incarceration (\\u201cThe Invention of Crack\\u201d), Brian Turner\\u2019s masterful use of point of view (\\u201c2000 lbs.\\u201d), and Patricia Smith as an example of the way that poets can be instruments for change (\\u201cSitting in my dimly lit cell\\u2026\\u201d). Horton closes by sharing his poem \\u201cDear Aesthetic Beauty,\\u201d paired with music in a collaboration with guitarist Brendan Regan.
Listen to the full recordings of Betts, Turner, and Smith reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Reginald Dwayne Betts (2017)
Brian Turner (2006)
Patricia Smith (2019)
You can also find a reading by Randall Horton on Voca, which was given as part of our Art for Justice series in 2018.
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