Branches

By Mark Truscott

Winner of the 2020 Nelson Ball Prize

Careful attention reveals that, even in moments that seem insignificant, our minds are constantly navigating disjunctions among registers of experience. Our intellect silently reminds our eyes that the car that appears to be moving between leaves is actually behind them and much larger. The sound of the vacuum cleaner in the next room is noise to be ignored. The phrase that arises in mind belongs to a conversation earlier in the day. Clear thinking demands that these navigations remain unconscious. But what if they're meaningful, or productive, in themselves? What if they're necessary to help us find a more meaningful place in the world? Branches explores these questions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bookhug Press
• Release date: Sep 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781771664523

Mark Truscott

Mark Truscott's first book, Said Like Reeds or Things, was shortlisted for a ReLit Award and recieved an Alcuin citation for Darren Wershler-Henry's design. Mark lives in Toronto, where he curates the Test Reading Series.

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