Warren C. Longmire is a poet, performer, and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is a CUPSI grand slam and National Poetry Slam group piece finalist and has coached the Philly Pigeon and Fuze Slam Teams. Warren’s work was featured in the 2022 edition of the Best American Poetry Anthology and his latest book, Bird/Diz [an erased history of bebop], was published in 2022 by Bunny Presse. He is pursuing his master’s in poetry at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.