
Dr. Tara Betts collaborated with David Weathersby on Unbarred Poetics. She is the author of the poetry collections Break the Habit, Arc & Hue, and the forthcoming Refuse to Disappear. She has also taught poetry workshops at Stateville Prison through the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project, alongside writing workshops at Cook County Jail and Cook County Juvenile Detention Center through FreeWrite Arts & Literacy. Her work on literature and literacy is deeply entwined with inclusion, accessibility, and…