Warren C. Longmire is a writer, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is the former contributing editor for Apiary Magazine, the host of House Poet: Spoken Word Dance Party and the founder of _mixlit.

Warren has been a CUPSI grand slam and NPS group piece finalist, coached the Philly Pigeon and Fuze Slam Team, and has performed in venues including the Kimmel Center, The Nuyorican Poetry Cafe. Warren has appeared on stage with writers including interviewed and artists including Ursula Rucker, Major Jackson, Porsha Olayiwola, and Angel Nafis.

You can find Warren’s work in journals including Action, Spectacle, R&R, and the American Poetry Review as well as in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2021 Anthology and A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings About the City of Brotherly Love. His second full length project, Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop (Bunnie Press), was released in November of 2023.

Warren is currently attending the Iowa Writer’s Workshop pursuing a master’s degree in Poetry.