{"product_id":"wicker-marcus-silencerpb","title":"Wicker, Marcus: Silencer","description":"\u003cp\u003eMariner, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 05, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cstrong\u003e\"Tough talk for tough times.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilencer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis both lyrical and merciless-Wicker's mind hums in overdrive, but with the calm and clarity of a marksman.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Tim Seibles, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne Turn Around the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand finalist for the National Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA suburban park, church, a good job, a cocktail party for the literati: to many, these sound like safe places, but for a young black man these insular spaces don't keep out the news--and the actual threat--of gun violence and police brutality, or the biases that keeps body, property, and hope in the crosshairs. Continuing conversations begun by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCitizen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBetween the World and Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilencer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e sings out the dangers of unspoken taboos present on quiet Midwestern cul-de-sacs and in stifling professional settings, the dangers in closing the window on \"a rainbow coalition of cops doing calisthenics around\/a six-foot, three-hundred-fifty-pound man, choked back into the earth for what\/looked a lot, to me, like sport.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, the language and cadences of hip-hop and academia meet prayer--these poems are crucibles, from which emerge profound allegories and subtle elegies, sharp humor and incisive critiques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817222975511,"sku":"9781328715548","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/images_7c0eae63-68a1-49b1-8148-307e6d2570eb.jpg?v=1748035884","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/wicker-marcus-silencerpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}