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Jacob Silkstone

Alone in BabelMarch 2, 2011

Genius as failure: Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture

By Jacob Silkstone

Jacob Silkstone reviews Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture

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Alone in BabelFebruary 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day: must be time for some Neruda

By Jacob Silkstone

by Jacob Silkstone

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Roving Eye, The CriticsFebruary 13, 2011

Book Review: Mary – Vladimir Nabakov

By Jacob Silkstone

By Jacob Silkstone Of remembrance. Vladimir Nabokov, Mary (Mashen’ka), translated by Michael Glenny and Vladimir Nabokov Vintage International: 1989, 114pages (Paperback) ISBN: 978-0-679-72620-3 So…

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Roving Eye, The CriticsFebruary 13, 2011

Book Review: A Scattering – Christopher Reid

By Jacob Silkstone

By Jacob Silkstone   A Scattering, Christopher Reid Areté Books Ltd, 62 pages (Paperback) ISBN: 978-0-9554553-6-0   Recently, on the British literary scene, poets…

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Alone in BabelFebruary 12, 2011

The Death of the Editor?

By Jacob Silkstone

by Jacob Silkstone

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Alone in BabelJanuary 29, 2011

Vargas Llosa and the impotence of power

By Jacob Silkstone

by Jacob Silkstone

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Alone in BabelJanuary 26, 2011

Dolores Haze plays tennis

By Jacob Silkstone

by Jacob Silkstone

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Alone in BabelJanuary 23, 2011

A look ahead to 2011

By Jacob Silkstone

“We’re in an interesting place right now –a decade into the century, but without any obvious Zeitgeist-defining work of literature.”

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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.