From Leonard Cohen to literary translations, a hip hop artist to a Hollywood musical, bildungsroman to the passing of a great art critic, The Missing Slate’s 2016 picks reflect a year of diversity and nostalgia.
“It isn’t dangerous. It’s more dangerous if we don’t do it; if we aren’t that platform.” Meet our editor-in-chief Maryam Piracha.
The Missing Slate’s 2015 round up of the books that helped define our year.
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.
Dear Readers, Some might argue that for an almost all-woman team of a magazine run by a woman, sexual and emotional power plays, such as they may be for a group of introverted editors like ourselves, must play somewhat of a part… because where you have a female majority, “surely” that’s par for the course. … Continued
The Missing Slate’s film team, joined by other editors, review the year in film, picking the one film that stood out for them in 2013. What were your picks?
This 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.
What’s featured in the “Politics” issue including web (and digital) exclusives.
On politics, art, and why The Missing Slate breaks its promise to never “do” politics…
The 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.