Caleb Femi: The Wickedest, Gebunden

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**'Atmospheric and intoxicating'**CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS

'A joyous, lyrical read' YOMI ADEGOKE

'Hypnotic and freewheeling' GUARDIAN

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

NOMINATED FOR THE SKY ARTS POETRY AWARD 2025

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.

'One of London's most renowned poets' SALMA EL-WARDANY, BBC Radio London

**'I love the collection so much'**NICK GRIMSHAW, BBC Radio 6

'A near-holy experience' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY

**'This is poetry that moves and is felt in the body'**ANDREW MCMILLAN

Caleb Femi's collection, Poor, won the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in 2021