{"product_id":"the-wickedest-9780374616618","title":"The Wickedest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Atmospheric and intoxicating, lyrical and inviting, \u003ci\u003eThe Wickedest\u003c\/i\u003e is a heady night in the dance, and Caleb Femi is the life of the literary party.\" --Candice Carty-Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eQueenie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Caleb Femi is a gift to us all from the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003estorytelling gods. He is a poet of truth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand rage, heartbreak and joy.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Max Porter, author of \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn immersive epic taking place over one night at an underground London house party, conjured by a multi-hyphenate sensation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the Wickedest, the longest running house party in the South London shoob scene, always held at an undisclosed inner-city spot. You better hope you have the address: this is for locals only. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSweaty and cinematic, pulsing with rhythm and heat, every moment here--from one-on-one intimacies to the swell of the party's collective roar--is refracted in Caleb Femi's writing. Ingeniously blending conversations, text messages, sonnets, vignettes, monologues, photos, and lyrics, \u003ci\u003eThe Wickedest\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern epic, told as a minute-by-minute chronicle of an unforgettable night out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFemi, a multi-hyphenate sensation and the author of \u003ci\u003ePoor\u003c\/i\u003e, which was called \"a landmark debut for British poetry\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, is a generational storyteller and scene setter. But \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWickedest\u003c\/i\u003e does more than tell the story of one party; Femi uses the experience of nightlife to document the broader contexts surrounding the shoobs--the marginalization of low-income communities of color, the red tape that bars those on the edges from already shrinking communal space. Still, the party goes on. \u003ci\u003eThe Wickedest\u003c\/i\u003e is a respite and a reckoning, a community of desire, care, and resistance that carries on long past the night's end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MCD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374616618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caleb Femi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44849035575477,"sku":"9780374616618","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_45fbf859-4cdc-4bdb-a86b-9ad32467c20f.jpg?v=1732634664","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wickedest-9780374616618","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}