Privado

by Daniel Tiffany

Poetry. PRIVADO is wundercritic Daniel Tiffany's third book of poems. A sphinx made of soldier and siren, of secrecy and a killer serial poem. The poems in PRIVADO show how the drab style and the golden style go together--Aaron Kunin. A storm is now upon us--Kevin Killian.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

Daniel Tiffany is the author of six full-length collections of poetry, including Privado (Action Books, 2010), Neptune Park (Omnidawn, 2013), and his most recent volume, Cry Baby Mystic, along with chapbooks from Oystercatcher Press and Noemi. In addition, Tiffany has been instrumental in the projects of BLUNT RESEARCH GROUP, including its celebrated first book, The Work-Shy, published in the Wesleyan Poetry Series in 2016. His poems have also appeared in journals such as Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, jubilat, Lana Turner, Fence, Bomb, Chicago Review, Brooklyn Rail, and many others. In addition, five volumes of his literary criticism—Toy Medium and Infidel Poetics, among them--have been published by presses including Harvard and Johns Hopkins, as well as the University of Chicago and the University of California. Tiffany is the author of the entry on “Lyric Poetry” in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Literature. Apart from his own writing, he has published translations from French, Greek, and Italian writers. He is a recipient of the Berlin Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Berlin.

Reviews

[camilo · Rating 3 out of 5]

a few strong cadences but otherwise this was literally unintelligible

[Vicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Going by the Goodreads rating system, as in "I liked it" and "It reminds me of Paul Celan" and "I also 'like' the cover" but I don't like myself for not liking it more for fear that I might be the only one who seems to like it the least WHAT ok-bye