from Arctic Play

Arctic Play by Mita Mahato (The 3rd Thing Press, October 2024, pre-order here)

Mahato – Arctic Play – Page View – Act 1 – A colony of eider ducks is

Mahato – Arctic Play – Page View – Act 1 – The sky is

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Mita Mahato is the author and artist of Arctic Play, forthcoming from The 3rd Thing. Her poetry comix have appeared in places including Ecotone, Iterant, Shenandoah, Coast/NoCoast, ANMLY, and Drunken Boat, as well as in the collection In Between, published by Pleiades. Her mother was Prem, born in Bihar. Her father was Basanta, born in Bengal. She currently lives in Seattle.