Mantrana is new artist for all of us here and we are so happy to be able to introduce her work to our readers. 

Recently we were lucky enough to steal a little of Mantrana's time and yes you know what asked her to get things going.

Mantrana it has become a bit of a habit for me but I love knowing the first book people remember reading, do you by chance remember what book it was for you?

Oh wow! I have no clue at all. It probably was 365 stories and poems for girls but more recently it was this book entitled "The Ramayan Vs. The Mahabharat" by Devdutt Pattnaik.​

To start I just have to say thank you Marieken. We've been fans of your work here for a while so finally being able to have your art in our pages has been a thrill. Having said that I'm also dying to know the first book you remember sitting down and reading all by yourself?

Maybe not the first, but one of the first was Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.

Another new one for the list. I'm always amazed at the variety that question produces. So let's get a touch more contemporary, what is the last book you read that made you think: Damn that is a good book.

Georgia White is a student at Bryn Mawr College majoring in psychology and creative writing. Her work has previously been published in and performed at the Santa Ana River Review, the Nasiona, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. She takes inspiration from Sofia Samatar, Lemony Snicket, Kurt Vonnegut, and any creative writing teacher she’s ever had.

​Georgia was kind enough to sit down for a minute with us and you know what we asked her ...

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Anthony Afairo Nze is a 21 year old visual artist, cartoonist, and graphic design student from Indiana. Currently attending community college where he majors in Visual Communications. Afairo Nze’s artistic style focuses on the surreal and a very strong use of color. For more of his visual art visit him on Instagram @afairosgallery or for gag cartoons visit him @recklesspeoplecomics.

The main subjects for my artwork are people who are in a state of flux. The figures in my paintings, captured in moments of uncertainty and isolation, are close in proximity but emotionally distant. They are positioned in liminal natural environments—the sun is setting or storms are approaching—with no clear entrance or exit pathway.