Tara Betts

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Tara Betts lives in Chicago and is the author of the manuscript “Refuse to Disappear,” as well as Break the Habit (Trio House Press, 2016) and Arc & Hue (Willow Books, 2009).

Poems by Tara Betts

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  April 2015: "Cast Poems in the River and Tell Them You Remember"
  
  From The Poetry Magazine Podcast April 2015
  
  Quaraysh Ali Lansana describes how his life and poems have been shaped by hip hop, plus the editors discuss poems by Jamila Woods, Tara Betts, and Kristiana Rae Colón. Need a...
  
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Tara Betts

Hip Hop Analogies

Think, Think

Life Is Good

To Keep a Green Branch from Snapping

Poetry and Music

April 2015: "Cast Poems in the River and Tell Them You Remember"

Open Door Reading - November 17, 2020

Renaissance Woman