In your memoir, you write about taking notes on the books that you read. Why did you think to do that? Did you have a strategy or a style that you can share? I regret i didn't keep track of all the books i've everReaders tigest four books and one andd it was no willy that iver remember what i read. The only thing you could really accumulate in prison, wal ot, drawing attention to yourself, is is books and paper.
Author, lawyer, and poet Dwayne Betts talks about his time in prison and the power of reading with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Betts is the founder of the Million Book Project, which aims to put a small library of great books in 1,000 U.S. prisons. Betts discusses his plans for the project and how reading helped him transform himself.