Marcus Slease (Portadown, N. Ireland, 1974) is the author of Puppy (Beir Bua Press), Never Mind the Beasts (Dostoyevsky Wannabe),The Green Monk (Boiler House Press), Play Yr Kardz Right (Dostoyevsky Wannabe), and Rides (Blart Books), among others. His poetry has been translated into Polish and Danish and has appeared in literary journals in North America and Europe, including Tin House, Bath Magg, The Lincoln Review, Fence, Poetry, as well as in the anthologies Dear World and Everyone In It (Bloodaxe) and Best British Poetry 2015 (Salt). He comes from a working-class background and currently teaches high school in Barcelona. Find out more at: Never Mind the Beasts.
