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Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

Archita Mittra: writer, editor & artist

I love to tell stories with words and images, often with a darkly magical twist. While speculative fiction & dissecting pop culture are my primary passions, I also work with clients & brands by assisting with content creation, editing, marketing & design.

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Tag: poetry

Book Review: Raindrops Chasing Raindrops by Paresh Tiwari

Paresh Tiwari’s latest collection of haibun and hybrid poems is evocative, exquisite and melancholic.

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Events: rupi kaur on ‘milk & honey’

At 25, Rupi Kaur is already an internet sensation, a New York Times bestselling author and a feminist poet, whose work resonates with people … More

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Poetry: beginning as a second person

1.  beginnings are quiet things, hastily wrapped & orphaned at your doorstep in the dreamy light of midnight. they come … More

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Poetry: rocky love

i think i know you as someone else, as dust motes glittering goldenly or as leaves of russet, whispering through the heart of a broken town

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Poetry: Red Riding Hood Writes Back

sometimes the wolf strips her naked/ burns her red dress/ and eats her/ even as the moon watches without heartbreak

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Personal Essay: Looking For Sylvia

I think I first met her in a dream-she, a teenager and I, a child. We must have sat in … More

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Photo Tale: Ways of Seeing/Loving

love, a lonely enchanted garden; i, sunshine shimmering on dew-kissed ivy walls.  love, a (w)hole in the wall opening into … More

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Poetry: Saudade

Saudade i. the starlit sky is a love poem for the girl in a polka-dotted dress her fingers entwined with … More

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Interview with Jeet Thayil: Poetry & Ghosts in Translation

Jeet Thayil is a pretty fascinating guy. Tall, thin and bald, he looks almost ageless. He calls poets “horribly twisted … More

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