About the Author Mark Merlin Estep is a business and technology consultant and a lifelong poet. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Southern California with a BA in Philosophy. During this time he received a scholarship to study contemporary British literature and philosophy at Cambridge University in England. After working several years in the private sector, he returned to USC on a fellowship to complete his master's degree in business administration. Continuously evolving as an artist and poet, Beyond The Long Good-Byes is an important step in his return to poetry. He resides...