{"product_id":"dear-mothership-poems-9780063487697","title":"Dear Mothership: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eMaybe the Saddest Thing \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSilencer\u003c\/i\u003e comes a playful yet profound poetry collection that orbits the intersections of public loss, private grief, (dis)connection, capitalism, and identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDear Mothership\u003c\/i\u003e, Marcus Wicker channels the lyrical dexterity of Outkast and the speculative vision of poet Robert Hayden to chart a course through personal and political upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection's centerpiece is the \"Break Beat Crown\"--Wicker's original take on the heroic crown of sonnets--presented as a travelogue from an extraterrestrial who has touched down in modern-day Atlanta. Across linked poems, the outsider records field notes on pandemic discord, isolation, tenderness, late-stage capitalism, empathy, and art. The longer the speaker inhabits a dysfunctional society, the more alien he feels. In addition to these science fictional experiments, Wicker delivers affecting, personal poems grounded in lived experience: lingering grief over two miscarriages, the sudden death of a friend, a sustained search for joy on the other side of those heartbreaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its singular imagination, \u003ci\u003eDear Mothership \u003c\/i\u003ekindles a new understanding of what makes us most human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Wicker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063487697\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 is the author of three books of poetry: \u003cem\u003eDEAR MOTHERSHIP\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSilencer\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMaybe the Saddest Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry Series. His honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, the Poetry Society of America's Lyric Poetry Award, a Pushcart Prize, and Ruth Lilly Fellowship, as well as fellowships from the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, The Fine Arts Work Center, and Cave Canem. Wicker's poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOxford American\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. He is an Associate Professor and the Orgill Chair of English at the University of Memphis, where he teaches in the MFA program.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Marcus Wicker \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48912803594397,"sku":"9780063487697","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_53fbd5a9-e2b1-4f60-b889-64fd81e35243.jpg?v=1789547264","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/dear-mothership-poems-9780063487697","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}