Mark Truscott (born 1970) is a

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

poet. He was born in Bloomington,

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, 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 McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical ...

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 Darren Wershler, also known as Darren Wershler-Henry, (b. 1966) is a Canadian experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic. Wershler was the senior editor of Coach House Books between 1997 and 2002, where the works he edited include ...

’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

External links

* Writers from Toronto 1970 births Living people 21st-century Canadian poets Chapbook writers Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian male writers {{Canada-poet-stub