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. The managing editor of Hip Pocket Press, Charles is the author of In This Hour, Casting for the Cutthroat & Other Poems, All Pieces of a Legacy, RED MOUNTAIN, and LISTENING: NEW & SELECTED WORK.