Delvon T. Mattingly, who also goes by D.T. Mattingly, is a writer from Louisville, Kentucky and a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. His fiction and poetry have appeared in literary journals such as Maudlin House, Jellyfish Review, and Star 82 Review, and peer-review scientific journals such as Anesthesiology; Families, Systems, & Health; and Academic Psychiatry. He also posts poetry on his Instagram account.