{"product_id":"maybe-the-saddest-thing-paperback","title":"Maybe the Saddest Thing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcus Wicker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753474326816,"sku":"9780062191014","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9cfdfb00dc25ce06b21704ed912aae3.webp?v=1780021290","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/maybe-the-saddest-thing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}