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Literature, PoetryJuly 14, 2013

Fósforo/Matchbox

By Pascual Di Tella

by Pascual Di Tella. Translated from the Spanish by the poet.

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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureJuly 13, 2013

The logodaedalist (#5)

By Jacob Silkstone

E is for eschaton…

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Literature, PoetryJuly 9, 2013

The Disposal

By Daniel Roy Connelly

Poem of the Week (July 9), by Daniel Roy Connelly

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Literature, PoetryJuly 7, 2013

Until Your Hand Is Quietly Laid Out On My Palm

By BBP Hosmillo

by B.B.P. Hosmillo

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Alone in Babel, Arts & CultureJuly 6, 2013

The Pursuit of Adventure, or Truth?

By Luke Miller

Luke Miller returns to Jack Kerouac’s ‘The Dharma Bums’ and ‘On The Road’

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Alone in BabelJuly 5, 2013

Caine Prize: America, by Chinelo Okparanta

By Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva on Chinelo Okparanta’s ‘America’, the favourite for this year’s Caine Prize.

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Literature, PoetryJuly 2, 2013

Taking the Bougainvillea Back

By Radford Skudrna

“there’s something wildly beautiful/ about barbs and petals, corollas of imperfection/ growing continually out of another’s design…” Poem of the Week (July 2), by Radford Skudrna

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Literature, PoetryJune 30, 2013

This Ashen Moment

By William Doreski

by William Doreski

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Alone in BabelJune 29, 2013

Richman, O’Hara, and the aesthetics of the upbeat

By Richard O'Brien

Richard O’Brien explores the ‘untrammelled joy’ in the work of Frank O’Hara and Jonathan Richman

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Alone in BabelJune 28, 2013

Caine Prize: Bayan Layi, by Elnathan John

By Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva thinks Elnathan John’s ‘Bayan Layi’ is far more than just ‘poverty porn’

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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.