Maryam Piracha is an author, editor, and communications specialist who also runs an international art and literary magazine called The Missing Slate.
Blog
On the road to… somewhere
Current reads: ‘Do Muslim Women Need Saving?‘ (Lila Abu-Loghod), ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‘ (Maya Angelou), ‘Big Magic‘ (Elizabeth Gilbert), and ‘Beloved’ (Toni Morrison). Recently finished: ‘All the Light We Cannot See‘ (Anthony Doerr), ‘The Power‘ (Naomi Alderman), and ‘The Crossroads of Should and Must‘ (Elle Luna). The novel–all 83,000 words of it–is …
Baby Steps (or Hello, World!)
I confess: this isn’t the first time I’ve built a website or run a blog–ambition always seems to belong to a younger me, though persistence and determination are hallmarks of an older, less idealistic, more cynical me. A me who knows the road to publication is long and arduous, and never the goal. The goal …
About
Writer, reader, editor, development sector communications professional, occasional couch potato, and social entrepreneur.
You might have read some of my work or the work I’ve solicited. In 2011, I graduated with distinction with an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University’s competitive writing program. The degree cemented the commitment to craft that already existed; in 2005, I helmed a writers’ collective and magazine for writers from the South Asian diaspora, called ‘Desi Writers Lounge’. In 2010, I founded ‘The Missing Slate’, an international art and literary magazine that has published work from over 80 countries and featured writing from over 40 languages, including work from Jhumpa Lahiri, Ilya Kaminski, Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid, Muhammad Umar Memon, Jeet Thayil, Rahul Soni, Anuradha Roy, among others.
I currently work in the international development sector as a communications specialist.
Contact
I can be reached at either contact@maryampiracha.com, or for matters concerning The Missing Slate, at chiefed@themissingslate.com.