{"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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063487697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Marcus Wicker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801247510709,"sku":"9780063487697","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dear-mothership-poems-9780063487697","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}