This book needs to be read in order from the first page to the last page. I mean to say, when you stand at the edge of the ocean it is hard to understand all of the depth and life and mystery that it holds. I do not mean to be rude, in stating that I originally struggled to enter this collection. Voyage of the Sable Venus demands the reader’s full attention. This collection is not something that can be half listened to at a poetry reading. This collection is not something that you can lazily flip through at a bookstore. I say this because I think that it’s important to note. Again, I was interested in the poems but not exactly sure what all the hype was about. I heard her recite poems from the collection with her former teacher, Yusef Komunyakaa, at New York University. The second time that I encountered Voyage of the Sable Venus was the day after Robin Coste Lewis won the National Book Award. I flipped through the book’s pages, read a couple poems, and then moved on (walking out of the store empty-handed). The first time that I picked up Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis was shortly after its release, in a New York City bookstore. ‘Voyage of the Sable Venus’ by Robin Coste Lewis
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