Introducing the 2026 Writing Freedom Fellows! Haymarket Books and @mellon.org are honored to recognize these 20 writers and their remarkable work. Read more here:

April 08, 2026 - 16:35 UTC

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The Writing Freedom Fellowship elevates and supports the necessary voices of poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have been impacted by the carceral system. Learn more about the 2026 fellows and listen to each read from their work:
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Reginald Dwayne Betts is a 2026 Writing Freedom Fellow. A poet, essayist, and memoirist, he is also the founder and CEO of Freedom Reads. Listen to Betts read the poem “Roadkill” from his latest collection, “Doggerel”:
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