{"product_id":"a-map-of-my-want-9798888901281","title":"A Map of My Want","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eHoodWitch\u003c\/em\u003e, Faylita Hicks's second collection explores the question, Where do our desires take us? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAn offspring of Audre Lorde's seminal essay \"Uses of the Erotic,\" Hicks's \u003cem\u003eA Map of My Want\u003c\/em\u003e follows a nonbinary femme as they explore the sensual intersection of the personal and the political, a crossroads to which their sexual liberation brought them after their escape from a religious cult. Lyrically, Hicks interprets the US Declaration of Independence's infamous \"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness\" for themselves. Combining storytelling with Western astrology, this poetry collection is an intimate erotic spell through which Hicks conjures joy as they develop an alternate theory on how to attain happiness--through ecstatic healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaylita Hicks\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/they) is a queer Afro-Latinx writer, spoken word artist, and cultural strategist. Hicks is the author of the critically-acclaimed debut poetry collection \u003cem\u003eHoodWitch\u003c\/em\u003e (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry, the 2019 Julie Suk Award, and the 2019 Balcones Poetry Prize. The former Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem\u003eBlack Femme Collective\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBorderlands: Texas Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Hicks has also received fellowships and residencies from the Tony Award-winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Civil Rights Corps, Lambda Literary, and Texas After Violence Project. Their poetry, essays, and digital art have been published in or is forthcoming in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ecotone, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eYale Review\u003c\/em\u003e, amongst others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50458123469074,"sku":"9798888901281","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d215888c-5d17-462d-9dad-653c58860fea.jpg?v=1729953373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-map-of-my-want-9798888901281","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}