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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureDecember 8, 2015

Simple Complex Shapes

By Jamie Osborn

“There is a morphous quality to the words in ‘Simple Complex Shapes’: they refuse to stay put.” Jamie Osborn reviews Vahni Capildeo’s latest collection.

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Literature, PoetryDecember 2, 2015

życiorys.fm

By Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało

Agnieszka Wolny-HamkaÅ‚o’s ‘FM-Biography’ in the original Polish.

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Roving Eye, SpotlightNovember 29, 2015

Poet of the Month: Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało

By Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało, Maida Salkanović

“I’d like to make my readers wake up in a stranger’s clothes.” Agnieszka Wolny-HamkaÅ‚o, our Poet of the Month for September, talks to Maida Salkanović.

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Fiction, LiteratureNovember 27, 2015

A Marble Paleness

By Michal Hvorecký

Story of the Week (November 27), excerpted from Michal Hvorecký’s novel ‘Danube in America’. Translated from Slovak by Eva Hudecová and Mark Lencho.

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Fiction, LiteratureNovember 27, 2015

Mramorová bledosť

By Michal Hvorecký

Original Slovak text of Michal Hvorecký’s ‘A Marble Paleness’.

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Fiction, LiteratureNovember 21, 2015

The End of Childhood

By Michal Hvorecký

Story of the Week (November 20), excerpted from Michal Hvorecký’s novel ‘Danube in America’. Translated from Slovak by Eva Hudecová and Mark Lencho.

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Fiction, LiteratureNovember 21, 2015

Koniec detstva

By Michal Hvorecký

Original Slovak text of Michal Hvorecký’s ‘The End of Childhood’.

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Pushcart Prize, Writing ContestNovember 14, 2015

Pushcart Prize 2016 Nominations

By The Missing Slate Editors

We’re giving you the chance to help us choose our nominations for next year’s Pushcart Prize.

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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureNovember 8, 2015

Three Deaths

By Ottilie Mulzet

“Olaszliszka reaches back to the very roots of Western theatrical tradition to depict a very modern tragedy.” Ottilie Mulzet reviews Gábor Maté’s production of Szilárd Borbély’s play in verse.

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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureOctober 23, 2015

I Will Grow, I Will Bear Fruit

By Jamie Osborn

“This is a novel that dwells in and grasps at the ephemeral…” Jamie Osborn reviews Payam Feili’s dream-like “I Will Grow, I Will Bear Fruit”.

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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.