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Poetry. 1950's icons Barbie, Marilyn, sci-fi tv and the color pink are glitteringly showcased in David Trinidad's latest collection. The poems in Plasticville bring to mind the assemblages of Joseph Cornell, the collages of Kurt Schwitters. Trinidad shares with these artists an almost preternatural sensitivity to the artifacts and cast-offs of popular culture. And like these artists, his bits and pieces accumulate in surprisingly deft, resonant, and often melancholy ways. This is a poet who is able to imbue the commonplace with meaning and feeling while never compromising the integrity of his 'found' material. A fascinating and singular book -- Bernard Cooper.