The Disparity in Meaning
Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson muses on the significance of events as experienced in the absence of any requisite context or relevance.
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Business Music
“…staring at the pine outside/ where days begin to rain/ our hearts will count their money.” Weekend poem, by Sam Silva.
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Spring is Coming
“The blood-caked hairs on the dog’s tortured body were turning into symbols. With a painful sneer she realized what they meant.” Story of the Week (January 31), by Balla. Translated from Slovak by Julia and Peter Sherwood.
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Poet of the Month: Payam Feili
“I have repeatedly pictured myself in the prison yard. Mentally, I have executed myself several times.” Our Poet of the Month, Payam Feili, interviewed by Udoka Okafor.
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Author of the Month: Minoli Salgado
“There are social expectations that reinforce the notion that women should not speak out at times when men might… In this sense, silence is gendered.” Isra Ansari interviews Minoli Salgado, The Missing Slate’s Author of the Month.
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Fall 2013 — The “Politics” Issue
What’s featured in the “Politics” issue including web (and digital) exclusives.
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Art’s Place in the Digital Age
Senior Articles Editor Aaron Grierson addresses the increasingly shifting sands of what constitutes art in the digital age.
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The Rise of Pakistan’s First Comic Book Giants
From a Facebook page to bringing out Pakistan’s first true comic book, Ghausia Rashid Salam traces the progress of the Kachee Goliyan Comics’ boys.
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A Word from the Creative Director
A word from Creative Director Moeed Tariq on the art featured in this art-themed issue
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Journey / सफर
From our tenth issue, Rahul Soni translates Prahbat’s Hindi original (running side-by-side) of plumbing the depths of sadness.
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