𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻 (he/him) (b. 1994) is a Minneapolis-based Sri Lankan diaspora poet, artist and co-founder of 3RDHAUS, a third culture–focused publisher and collective. Born in the UAE and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka he explores sociology, history, culture and identity through poetry, art and performance.
His work ranges from his debut chapbook The Slick Mongoose (2018), where his descriptive style and ability to chronicle daily life in a surreal way are the focus, to the cathartic and cryptic stream of consciousness in Panic & Other Poems (2021).
Mazin has performed at TEDx Colombo, Kacha Kacha, the Galle Literary Festival, Goethe Institut, and other spaces across Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he lived from 2011 to 2026.
He currently resides in Bdeóta Othúŋwe of the Dakota and Gakaabikaang of the Ojibwe, a.k.a Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
See CV for all of Mazin’s work
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