Works by
David Trinidad
(Poet, Writer)
[ 1953 - ]

Anthologies

• The Best American Poetry 1995 (1995)
  by David Lehman
  See "Reruns"

• The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999)
  See "In Suburb of Thebes," "Night and Fog (San Francisco)," and "The Shower Scene in Psycho"

As Editor

• Powerless: Selected Poems 1973-1990 (1995) by Tim Dlugos with David Trinidad, ed.

Biographical

• By Myself: An Autobiography (2009) with D.A. Powell

Poetry

• The Late Show: Poems (2007)

• Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse (2003) by David Trinidad, Jeffery Conway, and Lynn Crosbie

• Plasticville (2000)
  Vivid and protean, David Trinidad's poems delve deep into the surfaces of things. At first, a reader might think this is a book about collecting dolls and rock song titles, with a sonnet completely composed of monster's names, capped by Greta Garbo arranging trolls under her couch. But it is a book about domestic life, a book about how to live, a book about a special kind of bliss, the bliss of invention, and collecting, and above all valuing the bits and pieces of popular detritus, whether that be Nick at Night, songs from 60s girl groups, or Barbie's pocketbook, that constitute our lives. Plasticville is about a special kind of solace: counting up what you have. Trinidad's pastiche of simple, declarative sentences masks a delicately calibrated formal poetic construct. His ultra subtle terza rima, his blended rhymes, and his surefooted diction guarantee that the poems never miss a beat. Trinidad's warm intelligence makes poetry that is deft but true, dazzling but vulnerable, and plastic but classic.

• Answer Song (1994)
  Whether chronicling 1960s sitcoms or the murder of Sharon Tate at the hand of Charles Manson's "family", this collection of Trinidad's poetry explores popular American cultural themes, and delves deep into the fears that haunt so many suburban lives.

• Hand Over Heart: Poems 1981-1988 (1991)

• A Taste of Honey (1990) with Bob Flanagan

• November (1987)

• Living Doll (1986)

• Monday, Monday (1985)

• Pavane (1981)

Short Stories

• Three Stories (1988)

Other

• Plush: The Selected Poems of Sky Gilbert, Courtnay McFarlane, Jeffery Conway, R.M. Vaughan, and David Trinidad (1995) by Lynn Crosbie and Michael Holmes
  This collection of poetry features five hot gay poets from Canada and America whose work is sublime, lush, and arresting and expresses feelings of eroticism, pain, love, hope, and grace.  Includes works by Courtnay McFarlane, David Trinidad, Jeffery Conway, R.M. Vaughan, and Sky Gilbert.