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David Yezzi

Poet who rhymes about Julia Child --David Yezzi -- The Must List 2004

Jun 25, 2004

AGE 37
MUSTWORTHINESS His debut collection, ''The Hidden Model'' (Northwestern University Press), features accessible poetry (rhyme!), including an ode to chef Julia Child's breasts (okay, the chicken kind: ''...your white meat drives me wild/dear circummortal chef, sweet Julia Child''), laced with classical allusions.
HIS AIM ''To write something I could read again in 10 years without gagging. The same for the reader.''
WORST JOB ''Cold-call telemarketing for skin-care products while struggling as an actor in New York.''
NEXT ''An opera libretto about W.H. Auden, set in his cramped apartment on New York's St. Mark's Place.'' Johnny Depp, call your agent!

Originally posted Jun 25, 2004 Published in issue #771-772 Jun 25, 2004 Order article reprints