{"product_id":"maybe-the-saddest-thing-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWicker, Marcus:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarcus Wicker was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A 2011 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship recipient, he has also held fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Cave Canem, and Indiana University, where he received his MFA. His poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeloit Poetry Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ejubilat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ninth Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCrab Orchard Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among other journals. Marcus is assistant professor of English at University of Southern Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690795041042,"sku":"9780062191014","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b1215a9-73f5-4a02-b66a-824599297128.jpg?v=1761748127","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maybe-the-saddest-thing-9780062191014","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}