Black Venus Fly Trap

by Jeanetta Rich

A shocking debut poetry collection that invites readers to grapple with the origins of a world that both hates and needs Black women. A disruptive hagiography of the Black Venus & Sapphire, mammy bulldaggers, and welfare queens, Rich’s collection splendidly desecrates poetic elitism. Black Venus Fly Trap is an eldritch account of Black femininity simultaneously born from the chorus of refusal and unlike anything written before.

Genres: Poetry

59 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Kobi]

"Your eyes may water but don't ever let a motherfucker see you bleed."

[Artie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Original and real, the words jump off the page and demand to be consumed.

[Queer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes.

[M Lovell · Rating 5 out of 5]

sexy, vulgar, intimidating, soft. Rich has a way of writing that evokes a mouthful of all of this in one line. this is what poetry should do. i loved the prose too. good reference book.