have you read “the venus hottentot?”

If you haven’t read “The Venus Hottentot,” here’s a link to one of Elizabeth Alexander’s most celebrated poems, available on her website: “The Venus Hottentot.”

Seems a few people have trouble with her use of language. What do you think? The Facebook conversation continues at Read Write Poem.

(It’s not just politics, it’s a public discussion of the merit of poetry.)

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