{"product_id":"maybe-the-saddest-thing-marcus-wicker-9780062191014","title":"Maybe the Saddest Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"These are wide-ranging Whitmanesque poems--self-aware meditations that rap and jazz their way forward, talk back, backtrack, and scratch so hard they blow out the speakers with their complicated love for a huge cast of icons, from Pam Grier to Flavor Flav, from RuPaul to Dave Chapelle.\" --Erika Meitner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Keats, too, would have admired the holy truth of Marcus Wicker, whose lyric wizardry astounds the ear.\" --D.A. Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2011 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by D.A. Powell, Marcus Wicker's \u003cem\u003eMaybe the Saddest Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a sterling collection of contemporary American poems by an exciting new and emerging voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Wicker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062191012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062191014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2012","brand":"Marcus Wicker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990068003071,"sku":"9780062191014","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94aa3423-3df3-4782-8438-89401e4a4dbe.jpg?v=1683302819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maybe-the-saddest-thing-marcus-wicker-9780062191014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}