“Schism” by Athena Melliar

Peace by Mary Tina Shamli Pillay

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Athena Melliar is a Greek feminist poet and essayist who lives and writes in Athens. Athena is a philologist specialising in educational and developmental psychology. Her work has appeared in Lunch Ticket, Wisconsin Review, Tint Journal, Cordite Poetry Review, Magma Poetry, The Coachella Review, So to Speak, and elsewhere.

Mary Tina Shamli Pillay is an abstract painter and writer based in India. Her art, poems, and fiction have featured on BBC Radio, Kitaab, The Mean Journal, Blink-Ink, Borderless Journal, The Chakkar, Madras Courier, The Pine Cone Review, The Literary Times Magazine, The Punch Magazine, Shooter Magazine, Ink In Thirds, Artist Talk magazine, The Hemlock Journal, The Penn Review, Chestnut Review, Inscape Journal, and Another Chicago Magazine among others. Her art has been showcased at exhibitions and collected internationally. She is passionate about painting, writing, cats and food. Find her on Instagram @marytinashamlipillay.