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Winner of the 2011 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by D.A. Powell, Marcus Wicker's Maybe the Saddest Thing is a sterling collection of contemporary American poems by an exciting new and emerging voice. Review Action painting meets the pop of hip-hop. Here is a dashing figure of speech and preach, a lovepoet to the stars....Marcus Wicker[s] lyric wizardry astounds the ear in conclamant melodies and astonishes the eye like a shard of glass catches a beam. ( D.A. Powell ) Marcus Wicker has, as Mos Def and Talib Kweli did, made an art that bridges cultures.The dialogues, love letters, and reflections throughout this wonderful debut show us what it is to be in vigilant conversation with the world and with the self. ( Terrance Hayes ) Wicker preaches an urgent gospel of pop-culture, desire, adolescence, race, and family, that says Hell yes to the world with deft turns of phrase, and a rhythmic inventiveness that hurtles down the page. This fearless debut will make your head spin, your heart strut. ( Erika Meitner ) About the Author Marcus Wicker was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The recipient of a 2011 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, he has also held fellowships from Cave Canem, th

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Author

Wicker, Marcus

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062191014

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

3.84 / 5 (120 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14