Age of Blight
“If you revel in the uncanny, this is a collection you will not want to miss.” Sauleha Kamal reviews ‘The Age of Blight’, by Kristine Ong Muslim.
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Editors and Contributors’ Books of 2015
The Missing Slate’s 2015 round up of the books that helped define our year.
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We Found the Song: A Selection of Poetry Edited by David Shook
David Shook, Founding Editor of Phoneme Media, introduces a special selection of poetry.
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Simple Complex Shapes
“There is a morphous quality to the words in ‘Simple Complex Shapes’: they refuse to stay put.” Jamie Osborn reviews Vahni Capildeo’s latest collection.
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Spotlight Artist: Maikel Pérez
Noah Klein interviews Cuban artist Maikel Perez about his art, his process and the changing politics of Cuba.
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Three Deaths
“Olaszliszka reaches back to the very roots of Western theatrical tradition to depict a very modern tragedy.” Ottilie Mulzet reviews Gábor Maté’s production of Szilárd Borbély’s play in verse.
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I Will Grow, I Will Bear Fruit
“This is a novel that dwells in and grasps at the ephemeral…” Jamie Osborn reviews Payam Feili’s dream-like “I Will Grow, I Will Bear Fruit”.
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Submission
“I really wanted to argue with Houellebecq, so much so that I had to scribble little notes in the margins to formulate my dissent…” Audrey Ryback on ‘Submission’, Michel Houellebecq’s latest succès de scandale.
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Unexpectedly: Translating Manuel Bandeira’s ‘Profundamente’ as a Group
“Ten of us had sat down to translate this poem by Manuel Bandeira, and here we were, stumped by the very first word, the title…” Tom Gatehouse on translating Manuel Bandeira’s ‘Profundamente’ into English.
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“Being a Modern Indian is Hard Work”
“Hasan’s novel compels us to confront the inanity of our own classed existences…” Nandini Dhar on Anjum Hasan’s ‘The Cosmopolitans’
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