About Me
Monmita Chakrabarti is a writer and educator based in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and was runner up in The Upper New Review’s Global Essay Contest. She is currently working on a collection of essays about the future.
After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in English with a Minor in Gender Studies from Kenyon College in 2022, Monmita worked for a year as a research assistant for a reproductive justice non-profit based in Sonipat, IN. In 2023, she moved to St. Louis to earn her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Washington University. Currently, she works as an Adjunct Instructor of English at Maryville University and a Professional Writing Tutor at St. Louis Community College.
Recent Works
"There Once Was a Snail in the Forests of O'ahu" Current Affairs Magazine
"The word for an animal that is the last of its kind is “endling.” There is something cute about this, something that almost evokes fiction. A loneliness in the reverberating bell of a life. Life in the face of ever-present threat."
"Gut Feeling" Forthcoming in Prairie Schooner
"These days, I sit down to write only when I’m hungry. This is when I can closely listen to my body, access the memories aching in my belly."
