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:

April 08, 2026 - 16:35 UTC

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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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Mahogany L. Browne is a 2026 Writing Freedom Fellow. A writer, playwright, organizer, and educator, she is a 2022 Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow and inaugural poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center. Listen to Browne read from “I Remember Death By Its Proximity to What I Love”:
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