Template:Did you know nominations/Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:27, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
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Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems[edit]
Voyage of the Sable Venus from Angola to the West Indies, 1801
... that the central section Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems, the debut collection of poet Robin Coste Lewis, is a 79-page long poem consisting of 'titles, catalog entries, or exhibit descriptions' that depict the black female form in Western art?Source: [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/rebirth-of-venus "Rebirth of Venus Robin Coste Lewis’s historical art."- ALT1:... that ...? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crisper drawer.
- Comment: There's a few more hooks that can be pulled from this article, on a remarkable collection of poetry.
Created by Dr Aaij (talk). Nominated by Dr Aaij (talk) at 18:58, 10 December 2018 (UTC).
@Dr Aaij: Almost everything looks fine, but it seems that "catalog" in the hook should be "catalogue" since that is the spelling in the reference. SL93 (talk) 06:51, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
- SL93, please look at the source again. The reviewer seems to use "catalogue", but the poet used "catalog" and my quote is a direct quote. Thanks! Dr Aaij (talk) 21:33, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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- This hook is not clear. It could also be shortened, like:
- ALT0a: * ... that Voyage of the Sable Venus, a 79-page-long poem by Robin Coste Lewis, consists of "titles, catalog entries, or exhibit descriptions" that depict the black female form in Western art? Yoninah (talk) 18:32, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
