Mark Truscott

Canadian poet

Mark Truscott (born 1970) is a Toronto poet. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. He attended several public schools and Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario and went on for a B.A. and M.A. in English at McMaster University in Hamilton.

His first collection, Said Like Reeds or Things (Coach House Books, 2004), was shortlisted for a ReLit Award and received an Alcuin Society Book Design Awards citation for Darren Wershler-Henry’s design. His third collection, Branches, won the inaugural Nelson Ball Prize.^[1] Poems appear in the anthologies Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (Mercury Press, 2005) and Pissing Ice: An Anthology of 'New' Canadian Poets (BookThug, 2004). He co-edited the small magazine BafterC with Jay MillAr and curated the Test Reading Series.^[2]

Poems online

"Colour" (via The Walrus)
from Branches (via the Cultural Society)

Bibliography

Said Like Reeds or Things (Coach House Books, 2004)
Nature (Book*hug, 2010)
Branches (Book*hug, 2018)

References

^ "Mark Truscott wins inaugural Nelson Ball Prize for Canadian poetry". Quill and Quire. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
^ Rogers, Damian. "Long goodbye: Mark Truscott ends "volume one" of his rigorous reading series". Eye Weekly. Retrieved September 7, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}