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. 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.
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.
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