KEVIN MCPHERSON ECKHOFF is the author of several books. His work has been anthologized in Why Poetry Sucks and TAG: Canadian Poets at Play. With Jake Kennedy, he co-edited the final issue of Open Letter. As the managing editor at Kalamalka Press, he runs the John Lent Poetry-Prose Award, a letterpress chapbook competition for emerging writers. He teaches at Okanagan College in Kelowna, BC.