The Hidden Model (Triquarterly Books) [Paperback]

David Yezzi (Author)

Book Description

Series: Triquarterly Books | Publication Date: October 15, 2003

From the huddling men in a Rembrandt print to an image in a bathroom mirror that might be Christ or a mere smudge, David Yezzi, with his precisely carved and subtly cutting language, questions and considers the surfaces of our perceptions and the life they conceal-that which suggests, asks, demands to be seen. In this deeply philosophical book, Yezzi deploys a mobile intelligence that reaches from the world of art to the landscape of the mind's cravings and demonstrates a capacious gift for using the formal techniques of poetry in unobtrusive and captivating ways, rendering verse that is both poetically rich and emotionally charged

Editorial Reviews

Review

"David Yezzi has a musician's ear for nuance and color, a novelist's nose for detail and the dramatic moment. The Hidden Model is a rich, resonant collection of poems-its works precision-made-certain to delight at first, and likely to haunt ever after. A terrific book!"
--J. D. McClatchy

About the Author

David Yezzi is director of New York's 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center. His critical writings have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, and other major publications; and his poetry has appeared in the New Republic, Paris Review, Yale Review, New England Review, and other journals. This is his first book of poetry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Triquarterly; 1 edition (October 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810151456
• ISBN-13: 978-0810151451
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,426,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The discipline, February 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Hidden Model (Triquarterly Books) (Hardcover)

So much contemporary poetry is vapid, written by poets who are unaware of the riches that English puts at their disposal or, worse, who bumptiously throw away the tools of their trade, thinking that the Self will suffice as a guarantor of poetry. The first deserve our pity, the second deserve nothing at all--they can't endure the discipline of their art. David Yezzi is altogether different. Here is a gifted poet who knows and loves his language and the prosodic tools that tune it to its loveliest pitch. These are gorgeous poems of the first order, born of a high sense of calling. This book is a collection of lasting value, and I recommend it to anyone who is serious about poetry.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars solid collection, June 25, 2004

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This review is from: The Hidden Model (Triquarterly Books) (Paperback)

Yezzi's collection is a pretty solid collection. It isn't one of those collections that makes your stomach drop, but it is an enjoyable one to read, one that you are sure to find poems to love (without a doubt you'll get a kick out of "Upon Julia's (...)" and I also really enjoyed "Woman Holding a Fox" and the title poem).

1 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Did I say that?, December 23, 2003

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Jay O'Toole (Conyers, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hidden Model (Triquarterly Books) (Paperback)

They say surly, negative reviews help sell books? Don't they? Hey, just trying to help a fellow alumn (alumni? alumnus?) out. Buy the damn book already. If poetry is what you want - you found it brother. It's not like you can't afford it - it's not like buying a car...come on man, get that VISA card out already...punch in the numbers and the expiration date...that's it, was that so hard?