New Voices Writing Competition: Pakistan
Presenting the first writing contest exclusively for writers in Pakistan. Guest judge: Sabyn Javeri. Deadline: May 15, 2017!
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Issue 14 – Summer 2016
Don’t cry like a girl. Be a (wo)man.
Why holding up the women in our lives can help build a nation, in place of tearing it down.
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The Groupthink of Marital Discourse
At a time where “femininity” is weighed by the proclivity of procreation, the author ponders what place “the white picket fence” fantasy merits in Pakistan today.
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In Search of the Pakistani Author
“The Author dies, along with his world. The Reader is born into a different universe, and confronts the text as rootless and wayward as the autumnal wind brushing through his hair.” Momina Masood searches for the Pakistani author.
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Peeling the Onion of Central European Writing
How Adult Are You?
Ghausia Rashid Salam assesses young adult fiction and asks why grown adults are so drawn to the genre.
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More Than 50 Shades of Grey
“Certainty needs to be upheld and so all inquiry in its midst must be regulated so as not to topple some invisible, delicate balance of floundering egos insisting upon their “only truth”.”
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Literature & Individuality in the Classroom
“Unfortunately, in a country with a rich tradition of literature, and one that has and continues to produce prolific writers and poets, the pursuit of literature suffers.”
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Examination of the Unchained: What Makes A Mob?
“The definition of a mob, or protest, and how the two vary relies on intent as it does the outcome — what starts peacefully can end in tragic violence, or it can revolutionize a nation.”
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