Razia
“For them your sex/ And your death was the same thing.” Weekend poem, by Manash Bhattacharjee.
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Kalundborg 7:11
“He follows a blogger by the name of Fjordman, and he’s read Anders Behring Breivik’s 2083 manifesto in its entirety… He agrees with Breivik, but not with his method.” Story of the Week (November 28), by Simon Fruelund. Translated from Danish by K.E. Semmel.
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Poet of the Month: Kyla Pasha
“All poems are love poems, you know.” Continuing our Poet of the Month series, Kyla Pasha talks to Rosario Freire.
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Diary: Arno Camenisch in Brooklyn, New York
Sauleha Kamal on an evening with Swiss writer Arno Camenisch at Book Court in Brooklyn.
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Only in London
“Above me, the grey sky hovers unsteadily. It runs into tall brick buildings and races above tunnels decorated with graffiti, litter and dead rats. ‘Paki go home,’ says a wall.” Story of the Week (November 7), by Sabyn Javeri.
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Pushcart Prize 2015 Nominations
Our shortlists for the 2015 Pushcart Prize. Now it’s your turn to vote to determine the final list of pieces to submit.
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Poet of the Month: Jan Wagner
“I love to write most: in a simultaneous state of presence and absence… When silence fills the room and darkness lurks outside the window.” Jan Wagner, The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, interviewed by Audrey Ryback.
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Poet of the Month: Jan Wagner (German version)
Original German text of Audrey Ryback’s interview with Jan Wagner.
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In This Very Same World
“the girl is bound until the skin between her legs/ grows over…” Poem of the Week (November 4), by Adriana Lisboa. Translated from Portuguese by Alison Entrekin.
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Being Young and Gay in Greece
Madeline Weng examines the LGBT rights situation in Greece, a country scarred by high unemployment and rising support for the extreme far-right.
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