Mark Truscott

Mark Truscott (born 1970) is a Canadian poet.

Life
Truscott was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. He attended several public schools and Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario and went on to earn a B.A. and M.A. in English at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

He co-edited the small magazine BafterC with Jay MillAr and curated the Test Reading Series.

His poems appear in the anthologies Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry (Mercury Press, 2005) and Pissing Ice: An Anthology of 'New' Canadian Poets (BookThug, 2004).

Recognition
His first collection, Said Like Reeds or Things (2004), was shortlisted for a ReLit Award and received an Alcuin Society Book Design Awards citation for Darren Wershler-Henry’s design.

Poetry

 * Said Like Reeds or Things. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004.
 * Nature. Toronto: BookThug, 2010.

Prose

 * Form: A series. Toronto: BookThug, 2010.

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