Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems

from Dreesie

This book is separated into three sections. The first and third are rather traditional poetry. The second, though. In the second section, Coste Lewis uses the descriptions on artwork featuring black female figures, and creates poems. She used descriptions from museums around the world (and cited...

from williecostello

A powerful collection of vital American verse. In addition to the singular "Voyage of the Sable Venus", highlights for me included "Beauty's Nest" and nearly every poem in Part III, especially "Lure", "Second Line", "Pleasure & Understanding", and "Félicité".

from muddyboy

A wonderfully varied and vastly creative collection of poetry that won the National Book Award. The title poem is a long narrative composed entirely of entries of descriptions of art at museums and in catalogs (everywhere) across the world. What a unique undertaking by making descriptions of art ...

from muddyboy

A wonderfully varied and vastly creative collection of poetry that won the National Book Award. The title poem is a long narrative composed entirely of entries of descriptions of art at museums and in catalogs (everywhere) across the world. What a unique undertaking by making descriptions of art ...