![]() ![]() ![]() For a general reading public more wary of contemporary poetry than any before it, such an alluring package will surely do good work to defuse that wariness and invite them in.What they'll find is a largely marvelous collection of meditations on race, gender, motherhood, and history. Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems by Robin Coste LewisKnopf, 2015The most immediate thing about Robin Coste Lewis's debut poetry volume, Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems, is the gorgeous job Knopf has done producing its hardcover edition: the paper is thick and creamy, the volume is deckle-edged and fractionally oversized, and the dust jacket design by Stephanie Ross is eye-catchingly stately. ![]()
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