Mark Russell's publications include Spearmint & Rescue, Shopping for Punks, (the book of gatherings), (the book of moose), (the book of seals), and Pursued by Well-being. Journals in which his poetry has appeared include Shearsman, The Rialto, Stand, Poetry Wales, The Manchester Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Gutter, Blackbox Manifold, Tears in the Fence, The Interpreter's House, Butcher's Dog, Denver Quarterly, Wild Court, and bath magg. He teaches Drama and lives in Scotland.