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Alexander’s first book of poetry, The Venus Hottentot (1990), was praised widely and the title poem is often anthologized.

In 2004, Graywolf Press published a new book of essays by Alexander. The Black Interior takes a look at the role of the African American artist, both in the black community and in the larger dominant white culture.

Smoke, published by BOA Editions in 2000, is a collection of poems by Dorianne Laux. These works vividly portray such diverse topics as the portrait of a daughter, a wife’s erotic longing for her husband, and...

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