{"product_id":"the-wickedest-paperback","title":"The Wickedest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaleb Femi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Poetry Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaleb Femi\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, director, and photographer. He is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003ePoor\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2021 Forward Prize, was short-listed for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and was named a best book of 2020 by many publications, including\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the BBC. Femi has also directed TV episodes for HBO, the BBC, and Netflix, as well as commercials, high-fashion films, and runway shows for brands such as Louis Vuitton, TikTok, Bottega Veneta, and Dior. From 2016 to 2018 he served as Young People's Laureate for London, where he lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 7.83 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734103887935,"sku":"9780374616618","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f56cf4699cf5fb15d6d689258d1c41b3.webp?v=1765138672","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-wickedest-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}