Mark Truscott
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Mark Truscott 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.
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Toronto
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poet. He was born in Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
, Indiana
Indiana
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, United States
United States
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. 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
Coach House Books
Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario. Coach House publishes innovative and experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundaries of convention.-History:The company was...
, 2004), was shortlisted for a ReLit Award and received an Alcuin Society Book Design Awards citation for Darren Wershler-Henry
Darren Wershler-Henry
Darren Wershler aka Darren Wershler-Henry is a Canadian experimental poet, non-fiction writer and cultural critic.A former grave digger, he was the senior editor of Coach House Books between 1997 and 2002, where the works he edited included several highly acclaimed books of contemporary innovative...
’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.
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