num_pages: 53
description: The Venus Hottentot is the first collection of poems, including eight previously unpublished, by this exciting young poet. Elizabeth Alexander's poems are at once private and collective-addressing issues that are public concerns, but driven by private voices.
language: English
title: The Venus Hottentot
titlecomplete: The Venus Hottentot (Callaloo Poetry Series, Number 9)
genres: Race, American, African American, Poetry
ratings_count: 182
publisher: University of Virginia Press