{"product_id":"dear-mothership","title":"Dear Mothership \/\/ Poems (Pre-order, Sep 8 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe the Saddest Thing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes 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\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eWith its singular imagination,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Mothership\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ekindles a new understanding of what makes us most human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMARCUS WICKER\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of three books of poetry: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDEAR MOTHERSHIP\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilencer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaybe the Saddest Thing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOxford American\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Ecco\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: September 8, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 112\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780063487697\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9 in H | 6 in W | 0.3 in T | 1 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Poetry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Marcus Wicker","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Sep 8 2026) Paperback","offer_id":48080815948011,"sku":"9780063487697","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780063487697.jpg?v=1775942558","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/dear-mothership","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}