Mark Truscott
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. BookThug published his second poetry book, Nature, in 2010, and a prose chapbook, Form: A Series, in 2011. 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.[1]
Poems online
- "Colour" (via The Walrus)
- from Branches (via the Cultural Society)
References
- ↑ Rogers, Damian. "Long goodbye: Mark Truscott ends "volume one" of his rigorous reading series". Eye Weekly. Retrieved September 7, 2011.