Tayari's Blog: Meet Guest Blogger: Dwayne Betts

Posted by TayariJones on May 29, 2008 09:38 AM
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I met Dwayne Betts a couple of years ago. He was a nice young man interested in poetry and all around good guy. In a very very short time, he has published his beautiful poems all over the place, scored a wait staff position at Bread Loaf, interned at The Atlantic, been written up in the Washington Post for his outstanding work with kids, enrolled at The University of Maryland, and made a beautiful family for himself.

About a year ago, I got a call from an editor who had read the WaPost story about Dwayne. She wanted him to write a memoir. I put him in touch with my agent. I would say the rest is history, but the rest is about writing the book, and learning what life has to teach us.

Read his story here.

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