Spencer Silverthorne is a poet and instructor from Philadelphia. His work has been published in Black Warrior Review, Dialogist, Dream Pop Journal, Gigantic Sequins, Sundog Lit, and others. He holds degrees from Kenyon College, University of New Orleans, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Currently he is working on a full-length collection of poetry called Heatseeking. Currently, Spencer teaches creative writing at University of North Carolina Pembroke.