Christopher Chambers is a writer and an editor. He’s lived in North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. He's worked as a farmhand, a carpenter, a bartender, and a lifeguard. He's worked in a warehouse, in a slaughterhouse, and in an English Department. He's repossessed cars. He's an erstwhile Teamster and he's given up tenure. He’s taught writing in high schools, universities, community centers, and in prisons. He now teaches with the Madison Writers Studio and Wisconsin Prison Humanities Project. He’s received an NEA Fellowship and has an MFA degree from the University of Alabama. He lived in New Orleans for 16 years where he was a member of the Fun n Frolic Softball Club, Hayashi Judo School, and the Skeleton Krewe. He divides his time between New Orleans, MIlwaukee, and Madison, Wisconsin, where he tends bar at Working Draft Beer Company.