Calvin Wharton is the chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC, and edited Event from 1996–2001. He co-edited the poetry anthology East of Main with Tom Wayman, and has published a chapbook of poems, Visualized Chemistry; the non*#45;fiction Rowing, with Silken Laumann; abnd a collection of short stories, The songs by Hank Williams. Aside from teaching, he has managed a variety of jobs: sand-blaster, gardener, sawmill worker, and ranch hand, among others.