Talking Gender
“In fact it is often through the uninformed use of such words that language becomes a tool in perpetuating sexism and violence against women in society.” Sana Hussain on gender and language.
Read More“In fact it is often through the uninformed use of such words that language becomes a tool in perpetuating sexism and violence against women in society.” Sana Hussain on gender and language.
Read MoreIn an exclusive conversation with Sana Hussain, poet Waqas Khwaja shares his ambivalence about the abundance of literature festivals in Pakistan, and comments on the impossibility of translations, his experience guest editing the Atlanta Review’s issue on Pakistani poetry and his passion for literature and poetry.
Read MoreDenied respect for much of literary history, what is the true value of escapist fiction? Features Editor Sana Hussain expounds.
Read MoreFeatures Editor Sana Hussain wonders whose prerogative it is to dictate the meaning of a work of literature — the author’s or the reader’s.
Read MoreFeatures Editor Sana Hussain’s essay explores sexual power plays in Pakistani Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai’s short stories.
Read MoreThis year, The Missing Slate’s editors pick out one book that contextualized 2013 for them. Read on to find out what their picks are and whether you agree.
Read MoreFeatures Editor Sana Hussain argues in favor of defining art within its particular sociopolitical context.
Read MoreThe author of “The Cloud Messenger” talks about “post-9/11” writing, what it means for emerging Pakistani writers and why he doesn’t believe he qualifies as one.
Read MoreFeatures Editor Sana Hussain writes of Pakistan’s arguably most controversial writer in Urdu and how the troubled writer coped with 1947’s partition from India.
Read MoreFrom our eighth issue, Sana Hussain writes about the frayed but still consistent relationship between creation and censorship.
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