 The first "MIR" was published in 2004.Originally limited to MA students' short stories and novel extracts, "MIR" has also included work by notable published authors, from Issue 3 onwards.These include Ali Smith, Toby Litt, Rose Tremain, Joyce Carol Oates, T. C. Boyle, Dubravka Ugrešić, Courttia Newland, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Peter Ho Davies, Jean McNeil and David Foster Wallace.