WAYDE COMPTON is the author of the poetry collections 49th Parallel Psalm (1999) and Performance Bond (2004), work of fiction The Outer Harbour (2014), and collected essays After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region (2010) all published by Arsenal Pulp Press. He also edited the anthology Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature (Arsenal Pulp, 2002). His forthcoming book, Anti-Racist Poetics, will be released with the University of Alberta Press in 2024. He teaches Creative Writing at Douglas College in BC.