Jonathan Ball is a writer, filmmaker, and scholar—currently ABD PhD at the University of Calgary. His first book of poetry, The Words of The Book (co-written with kevin mcpherson eckhoff) is forthcoming from BookThug (December 2009). He is the former Managing Editor and current Acting President of dandelion. His film Spoony B has appeared on The Comedy Network. Snake River, an independent feature film based on the screenplay Way of the Samurai (co-written with David Navratil and Joseph Novak), will be released in 2009. Find him at http://www.jonathanball.com