In This Hour [Paperback]

Charles Entrekin (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Entrekin's control of sound patterns is...sophisticated-it is refreshing to hear a poet who can sing... -- Jon Ford, Poetry Flash

I love the frankness in Entrekin's writing and trust it's moments of pleasure and hope. -- Alicia Ostriker, author, The Crack in Everything

The voice is straight forward. The sentiment is like strong drink from a plain man with a clear head... -- Rod Tulloss, Small Press Review

About the Author

Charles Entrekin was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He took his B.A. in English from Birmingham Southern College, was a graduate student in Philosophy at Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama. He completed an M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Montana. One of the founders of the Berkeley Poets Cooperative, he has taught at various colleges and universities, and served as the Associate Director of the Center for Contemporary Writing at John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California. Charles has co-founded three Bay Area-based computer companies and he currently serves on the boards of two of those companies.

A long-time Berkeley resident, he now lives in Nevada City, California, in the foothills of the Sierras with his wife and children. A Yaddo Colony Fellow, Charles Entrekin's work has appeared in many small press publications. This is his fourth book of poems.

Product Details

• Paperback: 79 pages
• Publisher: Berkeley Poets Workshop & Pr (December 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917658264
• ISBN-13: 978-0917658266
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,858,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charles Entrekin was born in 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama,. He took his BA in
English from Birmingham Southern College, in 1964. He left Birmingham in 1965 and
lived in various states (New York , Tennessee, Alabama, and Montana) while pursuing
advanced degrees in philosophy and creative writing. Arriving in California in 1969, he
fell in love with the West Coast scene and the Hotel California experience:
"you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave."

He now lives in Berkeley with his wife, poet, Gail Rudd Entrekin.

Charles has taught at almost every educational level. He taught pre-school language
skills to six-year-olds with he Head Start program in Birmingham, Alabama; taught
introduction to set theory to disadvantaged high school graduates with the Upward Bound
Program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; taught composition, English literature, creative writing,
philosophy at the college level, and was the founder of the Creative Writing Program at
John F. Kennedy University's Orinda, California campus.

For 24 years, Charles was the managing editor of The Berkeley Poets Cooperative and
The Berkeley Poets Workshop & Press. The story of the Berkeley Poets Workshop &
Press was written up as the cover story in the August 29, 1976 issue of the New York
Times Magazine.

The Managing Editor of Hip Pocket Press (www.hippocketpress.com), Charles is also the
author of::In This Hour, a collection of poems, BPW&P, 1990; Casting For The Cutthroat
& Other Poems, BPW&P, 1986; Casting For The Cutthroat, Thunder City Press, 1978,
Birmingham, Alabama; All Pieces Of A Legacy, BPW&P, 1975, Berkeley, CA.
Charles novel, Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama, 1965, was published May,
2008, by El Leon Literary Arts www.elleonliteraryarts.org .