The Wickedest Hardback
by Caleb Femi
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'Atmospheric and intoxicating … The Wickedest is a heady night in the dance' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest. This is a minute-by-minute depiction of a typical night at a legendary monthly house party known as 'The Wickedest'.
Here, we meet a vivid cast of characters, young and old, all surfing a revelry steeped in camaraderie, community, desire and a spirit of jubilant defiance. A modern epic, The Wickedest explores the institution of shoobs or house parties and their vital role within working-class communities.
The poems range from classical English sonnets to experimental forms and are immersively interwoven with photographs, text messages and ephemera.
The collection playfully dissembles parties – in space, sound, law and bureaucracy – to document the precarious existence of our nightlife venues. In Caleb Femi's inimitable, cinematic style the book builds to a crescendo that is at once euphoric and grief-soaked.
The Wickedest calls us to cast our minds to the moments we stood surrounded by our loved ones on a dancefloor, arms outstretched, and freed ourselves from the weight of reality to float. 'A joyous, lyrical read' YOMI ADEGOKE 'A near-holy experience' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY 'This is poetry that moves and is felt in the body' ANDREW MCMILLAN
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Coming Soon
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:12/09/2024
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- ISBN:9780008688240
Information
-
Coming Soon
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:12/09/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780008688240