A vivid, sensory collection of poems from an award-winning author.
Exploring what it means to be alive in this increasingly contradictory, unjust, and frightening era in human history, award-winning poet Michael Trussler grapples with the beauty and violence of the present in his new collection, The History Forest.

Trussler’s vivid, sensory, surreal writing explores the myriad ways that wonder can exist alongside suffering. He ruminates on nuclear war, school shootings, and ecological destruction, alongside his own experiences with mental health, aging, and loss.

Michael Trussler’s work engages with the beauty and violence of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a neuro-divergent, fluid perspective. His writing encompasses several genres and modes of expression, ranging from the lyrical to the avant-garde. (An avid photographer, he sometimes blends Polaroid photography with text.) He is the author of ten books, including The History Forest, winner of the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry; the short fiction collection Encounters, winner of the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award; and a memoir entitled The Sunday Book, which won the Saskatchewan Book Award in both the Non-Fiction and City of Regina categories. Deeply compelled by the natural world, Trussler hikes in the Canadian Rockies at every opportunity. He teaches English at the University of Regina. 10:10 is Michael Trussler’s seventh book of poetry.

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• Winner, Poetry Award, Saskatchewan Book Award
• Short-listed, City of Regina Book Award

Shortlisted, Poetry Award, Saskatchewan Book Award, 2023
Shortlisted, City of Regina Book Award, 2023

“Urgently associative and uncommonly empathetic, . . . a compelling collection from one of Canada’s most original thinkers.” —Jim Johnstone, author of Infinity Network

“An archaeologist feathering the mind of the forest and forest of the mind, Trussler carefully brushes away surfaces to discover the new." —Miramichi Reader