Uma Phatak (she/her) is a Marathi poet from Ellicott City, Maryland. Her writing has been supported by the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and VONA. Her poems have appeared in Honey Literary, The Passionfruit Review, and Wild Roof Journal. Her writing can be found at https://www.umaphatak.com and https://umaphatak.substack.com, where she writes on food and SF.