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Elizabeth Alexander. The Venus Hottentot Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990. Contents: I. The Venus Hottentot II. West Indian Primer Ode Ladders Zodiac The Dirt-Eaters Who I Think You Are House Party Sonnet: '66 Nineteen III. Omni-Albert Murray Robeson at Rutgers Van DerZee Bearden Deadwood Dick John Col Painting Monet at Giverny Farewell to You IV. Penmanship Letter: Blues Boston Year Kevin of the N.E. Crew Four Bongos: Take a Train "Radio Days" Miami Footnote "Ala A Poem for Nelson Mandela Today's News Preliminary Sketches: Philadelphia Go Back to Library. Go Back to Venus Bibliography.