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Literature, PoetryJune 25, 2013

How to Build Your Dream Garden

By Kapka Kassabova

Kapka Kassabova’s ‘How to Build Your Dream Garden’, in English and Bulgarian, is our Poem of the Week for June 24

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Alone in BabelJune 23, 2013

‘This gnaws away at my heart’: Szilárd Borbély’s The Dispossessed

By Ottilie Mulzet

A ‘devastating’ exploration of poverty by one of Hungary’s finest writers, reviewed by Ottilie Mulzet.

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PoetryJune 23, 2013

A letter to Ewa Lipska

By Gordana Simeunović

by Gordana Simeunović, translated from the Serbian by Maida Salkanović

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Alone in BabelJune 21, 2013

Caine Prize: The Whispering Trees, by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

By Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva finds plenty to admire in Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Caine-shortlisted ‘The Whispering Trees’

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Literature, PoetryJune 18, 2013

Body Without Mirror

By Leonore Wilson

Poem of the Week (June 18), by Leonore Wilson

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Alone in BabelJune 14, 2013

Caine Prize: Foreign Aid, by Pede Hollist

By Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva reviews Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’, shortlisted for the Caine Prize

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PoetryJune 11, 2013

Hardening Off Process

By Sarah-Jean Krahn

Poem of the Week (June 11), by Sarah-Jean Krahn

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PoetryJune 9, 2013

Cucumbers

By Jason Irwin

by Jason Irwin

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Alone in BabelJune 7, 2013

Caine Prize: Miracle, by Tope Folarin

By Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

Tope Folarin’s Caine Prize-shortlisted ‘Miracle’, reviewed by Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva

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PoetryJune 4, 2013

Vacation Memories

By Mark Nenadov

Poem of the Week (June 4), by Mark Nenadov

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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.